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T^E 



PROGRESS 



OF THE 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 



IN 



JACOBINICAL TIMES^ 



<* Aad.he thefe juggling ftends no more beUcv^d, 
^* l^Ijat palter luith us in a double fenfc ; 
*V That keep the ivord of pvomijc id our ear^ 
" yiiid break it to > our hope.''^ 






THE THIRD Ai-IERICAN, fSmi ■iU'E FIFTH '^^'GlISH SDITIOX' 



SALEM : 
PRINTED BT JOSHUA GUSHING, 

FOR 

GUSHING ^ APPLET ON. 



1602. 



^ 



PREFACE. 



( A ^^^^ ^^^ vat'iotss caufes nvhtch may be cijjigned for the ix^ 
r jfx. traordinary corruption of the human race^ one of the moji power" 
^ ful has, per haps f in all ages y been the perverjion of language. Did 
Vtceflalh abroad unvelkd In her nathe dsformlty, f'^^ whofe minds ' 
were not under the immediate Influence offome impetuous pajfton, ivould 
have fujficient boldnefs to meet the terrors of her afpeEt ; few could 
refolve to incur the infamy which would inevitably cover thofe who 
appeared in hei^ train. To fuch^ therefore, as would fei%e the fatal 
pkafures which fie boqfls her power to offer, no expedient can occur 
by which they may more effectually evade the reproaches of their own 
confcienccs, and the jufi cenfure of the world, than to invent a new 
vocabulary; to call evil good, and good evil; and when, by the 
vfe of thefe fafe terms, they have impofed falfe ideas on the credulity 
of an. inconfiderate multitude, they find it eafy to f educe, into a parti- 
cipation in their crimes ^ many a heart, hi ivhich, had virtue been fup^ 
ported, by principle, it ivoiild have refified every, ajfault. 

But, hoiu extenfive foever ^were the mif chiefs which in former 
days proceeded from this four c^, it might have been hoped that time 
would long fince have brought fome remedy for the evil* . // was 
eafy to deceive men ivh of e faculties iv ere buried in that credulous ig- 
norance which charaderl%ed the darker ages ; but noiv — ivhen civili- 
zation has roufed us from our favage flate, and ^jjhen the glorious 
light of the Gofpel of Truth has f pre ad the beams of the pur eft mora- 
lity over our favoured hemifphere — who could fuppofe it pojfiblc that 
Falfehood fijould not only maintain, but extend, her empire ? Un- 
happily, as our means of obtaining knowledge have increafed, the fub- 
tllty of our deceivers has increafed alfo / and it may be doubted, 
whether the opinions of mankind, refpe&ing the true nature of virtue 
a}id vice, w^re ever more lofi and confounded at any former period 

than 



4v . PREFACE. 

than we mnulehold them in ihefe latter Jays y amn^ fhofe -zu^ho ftiojf 
corifidmtly hoajl the fupenor illumination of their mindf, 

Oiir great progenitor j Adam^ could qffert^ of thofi ohje^s of the 
vipbk creation 'which appeared in review before him^ 

«• Inam'd them as they pafs'd* axvd uiiderftood 

"Their natures :'*-^-- Milton. 

iut *mhoy ** ofmenfince loruy his fonsy^ can affirm that h^ under' 
flands the nature of any obje8 in the moral world y if it be only known- 
to him hy the name ajjlgned to it in the fchool of Philosqphism A The- 
language of Nimrod himfelf would not he hfs intelligible to our ears ^ 
than the phrafeohgy introduced by thefe tnodern teachers^ is become 
to our fenfe ; and the flate^ of fociety was not more compleitly changed 
by the confufion. of tongues in his age, than w^e have already feen it in 
cur owny by that univerfal confufion of ideas which prevails on the 
contimnt of Europe ; where every f pedes cf tyranny and itnpiety 

— — «< VuU libertss diet merai veraque virtus/' Hor. 

In this more fortunate country y indeedy whiljl^ through the prO'- 
teBion of a gracious Providence y the valour of our fleets and armlet 
hat repelled all op:n offallants from ourfboresy maintaining tts fllil in 
the poffejfion of our independence and freedomy the machinations of 
thofe fecret and more dangerous enemies y who have fought to under- 
mine our religion, have been refflcd hitherto with equal frmnefs ; and 
we flill retain unfhaleu the Church and the Conflitutiony tranf rait ted 
to us by the wlfdom of our anoeflors^ While other nations y thej-eforey 
vainly pride themf elves in the fame they have acquiredy by giving birth 
to thofe pernicious writers, who have d\Jfeminated infidelity , and ad^ 
ded neiv attraBions to vice, let it be our more dignified boafly that' 
in this landy no foe to our holy faith has queflioned the authority of 
any of her doletrinesy nuhich fome champion of fuperior flrength has' 
not arifen to dtfmd; thaty among usy the weight of talerUs is thrown 
into the f cole of truth. 

Convi^iouy hcwevery will rarely reclaim the wilful promoters of 
§rror ; though confute dy they are not filenced ; though repulfedy they 
return with redoubled corfidence to the affault : and while the teach- 
ers of falfc morality are employing in this iflandy to confound our 
principles y the fame arts by whichy in. other European kingdo}nsy they 
have fo fai ally prevailed ; it becomes the duty of every many who Is 
fcnftbls of the importance of thofe religious and political truths y which 
united form ih^ gnat palladium of ourjiate^ to exert^kis utmojl efforts 

iff 



PREFACE. V 

in rejiftlng the attach^ and expofing the wileSf of our arch enemy y 

PniLOSQTlilSM, 

-— *< Qaanto ille magis formas fe vertet in omnes» 
<* Tanto, iiatc, magis contende tenacia vincla.** 

Virgil. 

While^ with the nvorjl defigns^ the name of e'very moral 'virtue zs 
ejfigned to its oppojite vice^ the unwary are led into danger^ 
even by the goodrufs. of their own intentions* RejTedtion on the arts 
thus ufed to impofe on their credulity^ has fuggefled the idea of the 

following pages, Mr. jfoHN Bunyan is an author fa generally 
known, that it can fcarcely he necejfary to make any preliminary oh- 

fernjations on the quaint allegory which is taken as the ground 'work 
of the prefent performance. The pilgrim Christian was the com* 

p anion of our childhood, till the refinement of modern education ha- 
nijhed him from our nurferies. He flill retains his place on the 

Jhelves of our grand-mothers ; from 'which high flation may he look 
down <with paternal regard upon the labours of this his defendant ^ 
who, by the careful ufe of his itinerary, has accomplijhcd a progrefs 

fimilar iohis own, even in Jacobinical times! 



A z- 



THE PROGRESS 



OF THE 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT^ 
Sec. Sec. Sec. 



IT was lately my chance to walk alone in tne wilder- 
nefs of this world, where I faw many things which were 
grievous and doleful to my eyes, and where I heard of many 
more whica did even make my hiir to (land on end ; for be- 
hold ! the earth was filled with violence, and the number of 
the faithlefs ones was increafed. Now, as I mufed thereon, 
and was wearied through the length of my way, at the laft 
my eyes grew heavy, and I laid me down to fleep ; and in 
my fleep, I dreamed ; and methoiight 1 was in a wide 
plain, where many were paffing to and fro; and after a 
time there came towards me an old gentleman, whom, when 
I faw him, 1 knew to be Mr. Sagacity ; the fame who had 
formerly recounted to one who had vifi ted thofe parts the 
adventures of certain pilgrims, in their road from the city of" 
DeJiruUiGti to the Celejiial City : fo when he accofted me^ I was 
glad; and, after the firft greetings were paft', I began to 
fpeak with him of the pilgrim Chn^ianJ; alfo of Chrtf- 
t'tana his wife, with her children and companions; and of 
all the dangers and difficulties which had encountered them* 
in their journey : and I found it fome folace to my thoughtSj 
which had been occupied with the deeds of ungodly men-, to 
turn them to the remembrance of the righteous of former 
days, and of the glorious rew^ards which had attended fuch^ 
at the laft. 

Now, as 1 knew that Chrlfllan ?Lnd ChrlTtar.a had left be- 
hind them four fons, and that to thofe fons alfo= children 
had been born, I afked Mr. Sagacity whether any of their 
lineage were yet remaining unto this day j and whether, if 

there 



§ THE PROGRESS OF THE 

there were, they were mindful of the good example which 
their anceftors had fet them. 

" The family hath multiplied exceedingly.'^ anfwered he ; 
*^ and all who have belonged to it, ever fince the days of 
Chriftian, have held themfelves obliged to fet out on the fame 
pilgrimage, which was fo happily performed by that good 
man : yea, though fome of them have perifhed by the way, yet 
there have been many who h^ve accompliflied their appoint- 
ed eourfe, and who are now partakers in thofe glorious re- 
Wards which are laid up for all faithful pilgrims in the 
Celejlial C'lty.^^ 

<^ I am glad," quoth I, ^^ to hear of tlieir good fuccefs ; 
yet it grieves me that there fliould have been any among the 
defcendants of fuch a man 2iS Chr'iftian, who have not walked 
worthy of the vocation whereunto they were called." 

" Why truly," replied the old gentleman, " you have lefs 
caufe to wonder that fome fhoald have forfakeiT the right 
path, than that any fhould have kept on their eourfe in it un- 
fhaken ; for though, in the time of Chrijlian^ the road of the , 
pilgrims was both difficult and perilous, the dangers which 
befet it now are much more numerous, and the allurements 
to turn afide from it lefs eafy to be refilled." ^ 

** I can fcarcely think that poflible," anfwered I ; " for, 
befides that the things which happened unto Chrtjltan muft 
have ferved both for enfample and for warning to all fucceed- 
ing pilgrims, I imagined that all the moft formidable ene- 
mies of their way had long fmce been removed. Did not the 
foul fiend, jipoilyon, fpread his wings, when he felt the ^d^Q^ 
of Chrlflian^s fword, and flee to the place from which, he 
came ? Did not Mr. Vallant-for'truth defeat the robbers \ And 
were not the giants Grhn^ MauU and Slay-goody 2ind above all 
that fierce and terrible giant, tHe giant Z>£;^^ir, cut o£F by the 
hi^ind of Mr. Great-heart P Truly you will not eaiily perfuade 
me that any new foes, who may in later times have arifen to 
annoy the pilgrims, can have equal power with thofe I have 
named to work their final deftrudion." 

At that Mr. Sagacity fmiled, but v/ithal he fhook his; head*; 
" There are many,'^ faid he, " even among the pilgrims them- 
felves, who reafon as you do, and accordingly :fet out on their 
eourfe with much confidence ; but fo much the lefs as they fear > 
the dangers which await them, fo iuujckti^Le more- eafily ate 

they 



HLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ^' 

tbcy brought to perdition. If, however, yoB defire any proof of 
what I fay, you may quickly fee and judge for youilelf : for 
turn your eyes yoridcr ;*' — ^and as he fpoke, he pointed witb 
his hand — " Do you perceive that young man, who is crof^ 
fiug the plain witli fuch a cheerful demeanour, and is fpeed- 
ing towards the luicket ^.ite P 

'' Very platrfly,^' quoth I ; *^ there are many whofe fteps 
tend the fanie way, but the youth in white garments fiir out- 
goes the reft ; and, as I fee, he hath already fafely pailed the 
llougli of D'fporuU and hath almofl reached ^A\q. gate." 

" Keep him in your view, then," rejoined my companion,^ 
and obferve what (hall befai him on kio pilgrimage. He is^ 
of the family of Chr'ifrlan ; fo that for tlie fake of his fathers, 
you will take the greater intereii in his adventures ; and when 
next we meet, you Ihall tell me wliether th'^ way has proved 
lefs perilous to hirn, than it did of old time to thofe who trod 
it before him." 

V/hen he had thus fpoken, Mr. Sagacity XQoik his leave of 
me ; and I, pleaied wiclt the opportunity of beholding the' 
progrefs of a youth, with whofe countenance and deportment 
I was fo greatly taken, continued to watch him^ and that- 
with m.ore attention than at Hrft. 

Then I perceived that he had in his hand a book, like un- 
to that which E'vangehji had given to the pilgrim Clr/ifttan ^ 
and as he walked, ha fome times read therein, and fometiraes 
he fixed his eyes on the Ihining lighfc which vvas over the gate, 
towards which he bent his couTle: Alfo it was not long be- 
fore he reached the gate ; and being at it, he put fortli his 
hand and.knocked. Now 1 faw not that any arrows were 
fhot at him from the eaftle oi Bcehehiih^ neither did the terri- 
ble dog come forth to affault hhn ; but the porter, who was 
named Good-ivill^ quickly opened the gate unto him, and de- 
manded of him who he was, and whence he came^ * 

" My name,." anfwered the young man, " is Good-hitent y I 
am of the lineage oiChryiian^ being^ indeed the great-grandfoir- 
of his firft-born, Matthi^v, who took Mercy to wife : I came 
from the town of Sincerity , and I am on mv way towards the 
CeJejTml CltyJ' 

" Then," faid Good-wilU ^' thou oomefl of a good paren- 
tage, and thy countenance agreeth thereto ; for 1 have feeii- 
2»any of thy race, who have travelled this way before tliee ;- 

*, ' and 



te THE PROGRESS OF THE 

and truly thou doft much refemble them. Enter freely^ 
young man, arid proceed on thy journey ; but v/alk warily, 
left thy further progrefs prove not anfwerable to thy good be- 
ginning/' ' ' ...:,■- 

" I have little fear," faid the young pilgrim, "that I fhall 
mlftiny road." 

" Be not too confident/^ faid Good-tulU ; ^*.thou mayeft find 
it more difficult to continue in the right way than thou. art 
yet aware of.'* 

Good'intenf. " But I have a map of the rog!d, the fame 
t^^hlch was ufed by Mr. Great-heart in his journey ; and I 
have alfo been further inftrudted by rny father Precept and my 
mother Example^ who are themfelves both gone to the Celef" 
teal City, and would gladly have taken me thither, with them, 
but that the rneffenger who was fent to call them forbad them 
to ftay for me.' • 

Good-'wilL " That map is not without its ufe ; yet, is it ofi 
lefs value now thati formerly it \^as, by rea:f0n of the chan- 
ges w^^hich of late have taken place." 

Gaod-lntent, '' Will you not tell me, Sir, what changes 
have occurred, that I may learn to avoid fuch dangers as I 
now am unprepared for ?" 

Good-wilL ^^ 1 would gladly, young man, render thee the 
fervice for which thou doft petition ; but it is not permitted 
me to tell pilgrims beforehand what temptations are prepared 
for them ; for where there is no conteft, there can be no vic- 
tory ; and witlK)ut victory, there can be no reward." 

Then the young m'an ftood mufmg for a while : but at laft 
again breaking filence, " You have greatly terrified me, Sir," 
faid he ; "I thought I had fufficiently prepared myfelf a- 
gainft all the dangers 1 could encounter : but if there be 
others in my way, v^hich are ftill unknown to me, I may be 
enfnared when I am the leaft aware, and may fall, never to 
rife agairu Is there no counfellor to whom 1 may refort, in 
cafes of extreme perplexity?" 

Then faid Gcod-^willy " Thctti needeft not feek for a coun- 
fellor, when, as I fee, thou haft the beft of counfellors in 
thine hand. Let that book be thy conftant ftudy and medi-^ 
tation. Remem.ber what certain affurances thou haft that it 
came to thee from Him who cannot lie : remember that it 
contains every thing which it is n-eceffary for thee to know 
' for 



.PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ii 

for thy foul's peace. Whenever thou findeft thyfelf in any 
{lr?A, read In that book, and it fhall be taught thee what it 
behoveth thee to do : for, though the things ^lich are come 
upon the earth feem ftrange unto men, yet were they from the 
beginning forefeen and provided againft by Him whofe eye 
beholdeth at one glance all time and all fpace. Sifice His 
■will is not that any fheuld perilh, his mercy will at all times 
uphold in 'his paths the goings of thofe w^ho fnicerely feek 
to know and to perform his pleafure ; nor fhall any tempta- 
tion befal fuch, but that with the temptation he will alfo 
niake a way to efcape, that they may be able to bear it. 
Whatever may happen to thee, therefore, preferve that book, 
though it be at the hazard of thy life ; for if once tKou fuf- 
fer It be taken from thee, thou art at the mercy of thine ene- 
mies ; thou wilt lofe, not the force only, but even the incli- 
nation, to repel their attacks ; and thou wilt have forfeited 
all claim to the protedlion of him whofe laws thou haft defpi- 
fed, and whofe covenant thou haft caft behind thy back." 

Then I faw in my dream that the young man was much 
comforted by the difcourfes of Good-will ; and, having thank- 
ed him for his advice, and promifed alw^ays to bear it in his 
mind, he proceeded on his way ; and as he went, he read in 
his book ; and 'after a while, having clofed it, and put it in 
his bofom, he began to meditate on its contents. His atten- 
tion, however, was foon diverted ; for, as he ftill walked with 
a very quick pace, he prefently overtook a company of pil- 
grims, who were travelling more leifurely the fam.e way with 
himfelf ; and, as it chanced, he knew^ moft of them by fight ; 
for they had formerly been his neighbours, and indeed were 
of the beft quality in all that country. There were Mr. /«- 
conjtderate^ Mr. Party-fpirit^ and Mr. Love-change ; alfo Mr. 
Curiojity^ Mr. Credulity^ Mr. Hot-head, yir. Jlate-controul, and 
'Mr. Difcontent, Now Mr. Curiojity and Mr. Credulity^ m particu- 
lar, had long been known to Good-Intent^ whofe townfmen they 
Were ; and he was more glad of the meeting, becaufe it was 
commonly reported that Mr. Credulity was akin to Faithful 
vrho had fo bravely fuffered at Vanity Fair ; ♦" and," quoth 
he to himfelf, " if our fathers found it fo pleafant and fo pro- 
fitable to go on their pilgrimage together, why may not Mr, 
Credulity and I be in no lefs a degree comforts to each other ?" 
§o they went on their way together s and Good-intrnt flacken- 

ei 



m THE PROGRESS OF THE 

^d his pace, becaufe his knew companions were unwiffing to 
•:5A^alk io fciR. as he did. 

So I faw in my dream that they fcll into much talk one 
with the other concerning the country from which tbey came i 
and after ^hat they proceeded to fpeak of the way wherein 
>they were then walking. 

Then faid Mr. Blfcontent^ ^^ I like not this way-; I iind it 
rough, and very grievous unto me.." 

*' That which oifendsmein it," faid yir. Hate-controul^ ^^iSf 
that the walls on either fide are fahigh as quite to ihut out 
from us all profpedl: of the country. I like to walk in an 
open plain, where 1 may turn at pleafure to the right Hand 
^or to the left, and not to be confined within a narrow path 
Jike this." 

" Before we have proceeded miich further," faid Mr> 
hove-change^ " we may chance to £nd fome ,other road, by 
Vv^hich we may purfue our journey more plcafantly." 

** But it is dangerous,'^ faid GoodAntent^ " to turn afide ia- 
to any ftrange path; feeing that the Lord of that Celejlial 
Country ^\\iXX\tx we are bound, has exprefsly appointed unto 
Hs this, in tlie which we are now walking, as the only on^ 
,by which we may reach his kingdom in fafety." 

" It might indeed be dangerous," faid Mr. Curiofttyy " t© 
proceed far into any other road ; but there could furely be 
ino haim in venturing a little way in one which might ap- 
pear to us more pieafant than this ; fmce, if we faw that af- 
£€r a while it took any fivrong diredion, we m.ight io eafily 
^^Xurn back, aud regain the path we had forfaken.'^ 

♦^ You are in the right," faid Mr. Inconfiderate. 

" For my part," faid Mr. Party-fplnt, " it is indifferent to 
to,t in what kind of road 1 travel, io long as I can have the 
company of my friends." 

" It is alfo indiflerent to me,'* faid Good-intcnty " whether 
my path be rough or fmooth ; for my thoughts are fo entirely 
iixed on that glorious place which I hope will be the end of my 
journey, that the littie ^nevenncffes oi the way can in no de?» 
grtt diminiih the pleafure v/hich 1 take in meditating oa 
fuch-a fubjed ; and as for the high walls, which oSend Mr. 
Hacc^ontvouU I had not, till he fpoke, fo much as taken no- 
tice of tliem ; nor can I conficicr them as any hardfhip, while 
they do but confine me within that roadi in the which it \% 
%^/ nioft earneft defire to contiuue/^^ fVEut,*' 



PILGRIM GOO-D-INTENT. 15, 

" But,'* ^lii Mr. Inconfideratt^ " we cannot always be 
•thinking olT the q.'\6. of our journey ; and, provided wc know 
that \x\ the courfe of our pilgrimage we fliall be fure to get 
there iit lafl, 1 fee no harm in feeking amufements by the 
way.'^ 

" I have not hitherto found myfelf in any want of amufe- 
incnts," faid GoDd-inknt ; "for though my road is narrow, to 
me it appears not dull ; and beiides the pleafant refleclions 
which occupy my mind, I have a book w^hich was given 
n\z by the good E-oangellfl, and in which, w^hen my fpirits are 
wearied, it conilantly refreflies them to read.'^ 

" We have all fuch books," faid Mr. Love-change ; " but I 
truly have read mine till I am tired of it, and would gladly 
read fomething new." 

" I find in that book," faid Mr. Hate'ControuU ^^manv 
things grievous to be borne. Wherefore ihould we be laden 
w4th reilri(5lions from which other men are free ;" 

" And from w4iat are we reitricted." annvered Good-Intent 
with fome difpleafure, '' but from fuch things as would in 
this world be dangerous to us, and in the next dciLrucdve ? 
For my part, I find in my book no laws to vvhich, though 
they came not to us from fuch high authority, a wife man 
would not willir.gly fubject himfclf; but Vv^crc our yoke as 
hard as it is eafy, who would not rejoice to bear it, that con- 
fidered either the ilhmitab.le power of the King we ferve, the 
infinite gratitude we cv/e him for all the fa%'ours which he 
has already fo liberally conferred upon u^, or the value cf 
the rewards with wiiich he has promifcd hereafter to crown 
even OLir imperfect obedience V* 

" It is a great pleafure tome," faid Mr. Credul'ity^ "to 
hear you fpeak in, this manner. I can afihre you I have al- 
ways been difpofed to believe that book to be true ; I Vv^vis 
taught to believe fo when 1 was a little boy, and I think I 
never fliould be ccmforLable out of that belief ; though I 
confefs that fome things 1 have heard fmce I came into^ this 
company have fo.mcwhat ftnggcred me. But I cim glad 
that you are come, to confirm me in my former opinions." 

" Can they require any further confiimation," faid Good- 
intent^ " than the excellence of the book itfelf ?" 

" As for that/' replied Mr. CrcduUiy, " I pretend not to 
judge of it. 1 ahvays difiiked reading, and provided 1 im- 

B phcitly 



14 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

plicitly believe all the book contams, why need I give my^ - 
ielf the trouble to fearch what its contents may be ?'^ 

" Truly/' laid Good-intent, "_ you profefs a faith which fur- 
pafTes my comprehenfion. We are commanded to be able 
to give to every man a reafon of the hope that is in us ; but 
we cannot give a reafon, even to ourfelves, if w^e have never 
examined what is the objecl of our hope, nor what the foun- 
dation on v/hich it refls.'' 

" I perceive that you are of the fame mind as I am,'* 
faid Mr. Curtcfity. " I am not difpofed to take any thing on 
truft ; and, as knowledge is my principal purlliit, I find great 
pleafure in reading a book which treats of fo.jnany rare and 
wonderful things. Thofe parts of it, therefore, wdiich are 
the moil hard to be underftood, are my favourite ftudy." 

*' Take heed," faid Good-intent, " that you wreft them not 
to your ow^n deftruclion. There are fubjed:s which our fi- 
nite underftandings cannot reach ; and, if wt feek too pre- 
fumptuouily to penetrate into myfteries w^hich as yet are but 
»n part revealed to us, tl:ofe diings, w^hich fhould have been 
fgr our peacc^ may prov unto us an occafion of falling." 

*' I have no fears on that head," faid Mr. Curiofrty ; ** 1 . 
fhall therefore purfue my inquiries .without fcruple ; and if 
the Interpreter^ to whofe houfe we muft by this time be draw- 
ing near,^ cannot fatisfy me on certain points, refpe61Ing 
^*^'hich L mean to queflion him, I fliall either quit this road, 
and feek elfewhere for a better teacher, or I lliall at once 
conclude every doctrine falfe, in proportion as I find it un- 
intelligible." 

Good-intent would have returned fome anfwer to this dif- 
courfe, w^hich in truth had much offended him ; but that, on 
afcendirvg a little hill, they had fuddently a profpe^ft of the 
road before them,4o a confiderable diftance. 

*' Look yonder i" faid Mr. hiconfiderate ; ", fee before us 
Mr. Interpreter's houf(^.'* 

" How fliall we know," f^iid Good-'mtenty " which of thofe 
two manfions it is that belongs to the Interpreter .^" For in- 
deed they defcried from, the place two houfes, w^hereof that 
to which they were then neareft h;;r a little way off the road 
on the left hand ; but the other was farther on upon the 
right hand, and flood clofe by the way fide. 

Thi. 



PILGRiiM GOOD-INTENT.- 15 

I'hls lail was an old and venerable building ; but its 
walls, by realbn of llieir (Irength and thicknefs, had as yet 
iulTcred none of the decays of time. Behind it lay a garden, 
in the which were planted all fuch herbs as are ufeful either 
for food or medicine ; and as many, even the moil profita- 
ble amongil: them, bore goodly flowers withal, fo the w^hole 
plot of ground, being well laid out and fitly kept, had a 
fair appearance. But the houfe on the left fide of the road 
V7as a new edifice, and feemed the palace of fome mighty 
prince ; fo coflly were its materials, and fo rare its flirucfbure. 
It rtood in the mid ft of an extenfive pleafure ground, curiouf- 
ly difpoied into lawns, labyrinths, and wilderneffes, through 
the inidft whereof did glide a ftream, which, though nar- 
row, was fo deep, that 1 could not perceive that it had any 
bottom ; moreover its courfe was fo crooked, that methought 
it refembled a ferpent in its manifold turnings and windings. 
In this pleafure ground I could not but obferve that there 
were many more flowers^ and thofe fhining with more gor- 
geous colours, than in the garden which belonged to the 
other houfe : but I perceived not that any fruits grew there, 
fave fome which refembled the fruits of the tree of know- 
ledge of good and evil, v/hich grew m the midft of the gar- 
den of Eden. 

Now, as I fald before, I faw that the pilgrims were at a 
lofs to determine v:^hich of thefe two was the houfe at which 
they ought to feek for entertainment ; and as they v/alked 
on, they difputed on the fubjed among themfelves. Yet 
they were all mofi taken with the appearance of that on the 
left hand, a^d inclined to petition there for a lodging, if 
peradventure it might be afforded them. Only Good-intent 
obje<5i:ed, becaufe the building feemed fo modern ; " and we 
know,*' fald he, *^ that the Interpreter is no new refident in 
thefe parts." 

" But we know not," fald Mr. Inconfiderate^ " whether he 
may not have built himfelf a new houfe." •^ 

" What imports it to us in what houfe he dwells?" faid 
Mr. Love-change ; " we are not obliged to choofe him for 
cur hofi:, if we can be better entertained elfewhere ?" 

" I am determined," faid Mr. Hot-heady to take up my 
lodging at the houfe on the left hand." 

"So will I," faid Mx. Party fpir it y « if my friends agree to 
prefer it." At 



i6 THE PROGRjESS OF THE 

At lezd,'* f^iid Mr: Curiojry, '« we may ftep afide lato tlie 
pleafure ground, and take a neal-er view of it/* And witk 
him agreed the others of his party. 

But ftill Got)d^mteTity who was little Satisfied wth their coii- 
verfation, doubted in his own mind whether it would be fafe 
to turn at all out of the high ro^i^d^ clofe by the fide of which 
he obferved the right hand houfe to be placed ; but while he 
debated the matter with himfelf, he unluckily forgot the 
words of the porter at the wicket gate, and thought not of 
plucking his book out of his bofom, to fcek therein for coun- 
fel. 

So, as they went, they came to a bridge, built over that 
ftream which ran through the pleafure grounds on the left 
fide, and* which here croiled the great road ; and juft beyond 
the bridge there was a gate^ through which was the way up 
to the houfe. Now the pilgrims were faint and wt^ary wich 
their journey, a^J, as they viewed the (Iream, the waters 
thereof did feem to offer them a pleafant refrefnment ; fo 
Mi\ Inconfiderate and Mr. Hot-head ^\d fo rthvvn'th ft cop down 
and drink^ and the others were not How to follow their ex- 
ample ; only Good-'intent doubted' whether it might not be 
more expedient to forbear till he fnould come to the houfe, 
ivhere, by the confimand of the Lord of tlie way, all tilings 
that \^iere proper for the entertainment of pilgrims were plen- 
tifully provided for them. But Mr. Cur'iofdy had a cup of 
roftly WGvkmanihip, which pcfieiled the property of exciting 
tliirft in all who held it near their lips j, and, having filled it 
with m^'ater, he prefented it to Good-tnfsTif, who had no fooner 
taken it in his hand, than its hidden power overcamie him, 
and he was unable to forbear drinking at one draught all 
that it contained ; nay, he afterwards filled it tVvice or thrice 
himfelf, and drank again. 

Now I faw in mLy dream tliat Lt ftUl wanted fome hours of 
ni^ht, and the fun, though a x^^^ ^zH^mg clouds did fome- 
times veil his brightnefs, did yet give fufficient light to. en- 
lighten all who dwell upon the earth : but, as the pilgrims 
drank of the water of that ftream, a black mift began to arife 
from beneath the ground, aixd to fpread itfelf around them, 
and prefentiy the face of the heavens was concealed frOm 
their view, and they were left in total darknefs ; neither durll 
any man venture to move from the pTace wherciti^ he ftood, 

either 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. l; 

either backwards or forwards, for he knew not where he 
iliould fet hi.-^ foot. Then cried they all one to another, 
** What fhall we do ?" But no man Wiis able to be a guide 
unto the reft. At laft they delcried, advancing towards 
them, from the houfe on the left hand, one who bore a torch 
in his hand ; fo they were glad when they faw him, and as 
he drew near they made obeifance to him, and befought him 
that he ^ would deliver them out of the darknefs which iur- 
rounded them. 

Then the man, whofe name was Falft-reafoning^ told them 
that for that purpofe was he come ; " For,'' faid he, " my 
maftcr has beheld your diftrefs from the windows of his pa- 
lace ; and, as it is his efpecial oiiice to iuccour pilgrims w*ho 
have loft their way in the mifts of Ignorance^ which hereabouts 
are very common, he has fent me forth to give you light, and 
guide you in fafety to his gates.'^ 

" Then," faid Mr. Credulity^ '' we are much beholden to 
thy mafter ; and though, before we received this mark of 
kindnefs, we diiiered from each other hi opinion, we may all 
now confidently affure ourfelves that he is oi a truth that 
good Interpreter^ to whofe houfe Vv^e were dire(^led." 

" But is he indeed the fame," faid Good-intenfy " who here- 
tofore proved fo excellent a friend ta Chr'ijlian P^' 

" He beareth the fame title," faid Faije-reafoningj " but 
v»^ith much better claim to it ; for that old gentleman, o£ 
whom you fpeak, even in his beft days, could do nothing 
more for pilgrims than repeat to them a few trite fayings, 
and give them a lodging at hfs houfe ; whereas my mafter 
v;ili fhew you fuch wonders, as have never been feen before 
fince the foundation of the world ; he will impart unto you 
fuch wlfdom, as it is reported your firft parents thought it 
worth their while to forfeit Paradlfe to obtain ; and he will 
beftow upon you fach privileges, as no one but himfelf did 
ever poifefs the power to confer." 

" It is well for us that Vr^e have met v/ith fuch a fiiend/"' 
fiid'Mr. Incorifukrafe. 

^* Let us inftantly accept his invitation," faid Mr. Hot- 
heruL 

" Any thing rather than continue in this darknefs," faid 
Mr. D^Jcoutcni, 

" The new Interpreter v.411 prove more ferviceable to us 
than the old," faid Mr. ^oe-chatig:; « There 

B2 



1 8 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

" There can be no doubt of that, " faid Mr. CreMity, 

" 1 burn with impatience," faid Mr. Curiafity,'' to fee and 
to hear thofe rare things which we are promifed at this 
houfe.'^ 

" And I," faid Mr. Hate-controul *' to enjoy thofe new 
privileges of which. this man fpeaks." 

" Gentlem.en," faid Mr. Party-fpirit, " whitherfoever you 
go, I will go ; for I never defert my friends." 

^' I pray you," faid Good-Intent unto him Avho bcre the 
torch, '' is the old Interpreter yet alive ?" 

FoJ.fc-reafontng. ^^ It can fcarcely be faid that he is ; for 
his extreme old age hath quite benumbed his faculties, and' 
reduced him to a (late of abfolute dotage. He could not in- 
deed have been kept out of his grave fo long, but by the 
ftrong cordials which hiave been adminiftered to him by a 
certain mountebank, named Prieji-craft, who finds his own ad- 
vantage in ufarping the old gentleman'? autl^orit 7 ever the 
bafer fort of pilgrims who travel this road." 

Gocd'intent. **. But which is the houfe whereat Chr'ijTian 
v/as fo hofpitably entertained ?" 

Falfe'redfonlng. " He lodged at that old ruinous manfion, 
which ftands a little beyond my mafter's, and on the oppo- 
fite fide of the road." 

Good-intent. '* And could not we alfo obtain a lodging 
there ?" 

FaJfe-reafonhig. ** You might probably be admitted to 
fleep there, nay, and have a potion adminiftered unto you to 
make your fleep the founder ; but you would find nor.e of 
that delicious fare which my mafler colleds from every quar- 
ter of the globe for the nourifliment of fuch travellers as come 
vmto him ; of the' excellence whereof you may fpeedlly judge 
for youvfelves, fmce the hour of his banguet draws near." 

On hearing this, moft of the pilgrims quickened theit^ 
pace ; bu" GGccUnlpit ftill hefitated ; for having been accuf- 
tomed all his life to hear the praifes of the ancient Inierpretery 
be could HOt lightly per fuade himfelf that any houfe could be 
fitter than his v/as for the accommodation- of pilgrims. Yet 
he feared to be left to wander alone in darknefs. He once 
bethought himfelf of his book, and plucked it out of his bo- 
fom and opened it ; but as he was v/alking, though flovvdy, 
aftev the reft? the motion of bis going did render his hand 

unfteady 



PILGRIM GOOD-SMTENT, t^ 

njiiieadv to hold it : moreoA^'er the glare of the torch ot Fa/j}- 
r^afonmg did much dazzle his eyes. 80 he fatisfied himfelf 
that it was impofiilile to read at that juinSlui-e, and therefore 
did not perfevere in the atterapt ; but, rcclofmg the volunxe, 
he .put it back into his bofom, and faid to himfelf, ** If 1 like 
not my entertainment to-nig-ht, I can but refume myjouniey 
in the morning, and repair to the houfe at which my fathers 
were lodged. The niift may be then di-iperfed, and I may- 
be able to difcern my way ; but at prefent I Ihonld perifli in 
the darknefs, if I imprudently refufed to avail myfelf of the 
light which this man's torch imparts unto me.'' - So he 
walked on more confidently ; and as ti>ey approached the- 
palace, behold it was all illuminated, and the lamps Avhich 
were Vv-ithin caft forth fuch a fplendour, tliiit the pilgrims ima- 
gined the light of day refrored unto them. 

Then Mr. CuAofity inquired of their guide, what were hi? 
mafter's name and parentage. 

Falfe'txafontng, " His name is Phihfophy : he is the fon of 
Reafon and c>£ Nature, The plaoe of his birth is not certainly 
known v but it is generally believed that his infancy was 
fpent in Egypt, where he was nuried by Fable; and that he 
afterwards palTed his youth in Greec^^, where the Scktues train- 
ed him to maturity, /ifter that, various .misfort?:mes befel 
him, and he lived many years in an obfcure-and tedious ex- 
ile : but lately, having been invited by Learning to return m^' 
lo Europe, he has been univerfally received with fuch honours 
as have amply repaid him for the unmerited flights which had 
formerly been fhcwn hi^n. There is one country, in paticli- 
lar, of Vv'hich he has been appointed fovereign law-giver, and 
where divine honours are paid him. Yet fuch is lits zeal for 
the general intereft of mankind, that he does not reftricl his 
fcrvices to any fingle nation, but has \>m\t this palace by the 
fide of the high road, for the reception of pHgrims from all 
regions of the earth ; ^and, as his knowledge is univerfal, he 
readily imparts to all his gueils fuch inftr nations as thsy may 
be either willing or able to receive," 

By this time they drew very near unto^ the palace ; and 
they could hear within its walls a confufed noife, like the 
found of many voices : alio tliey could difcern through the 
v/indows large companies of people in every department. 
Then Mr. Curwfiiy afked, who all thofe perfons were; 

Falfc-reafor.hg. 



2d THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Falfe-reafonmg* " All whom ypu fee within are my 
mafter's pupils ; men, who, corning to lodge^at his houfe, as 
you do now, have been fo.much taken with the wonders they 
have feen there, that they have defired to remain with him 
for a feafon, in order to have fufficient leifure to receive his 
inftrudlions, and to contemplate his works ; and how well 
fome of them have profited by his leffons, you will have an 
opportunity of judging to-morrow by your own obfervations, 
when you ihall be permitted to vifit the academy.'* 

They now entered a fpacious and magnificent hall, where 
many attendants were in waiting to receive them ; and, paf- 
iing thence through feveral other rooms fuperbly decorated, 
they were at laiT: ufhered into the banquet chamber, where 
they found the mafter of the houfe, furrounded by a very nu- 
merous company of his guefts, who all came forward to fa- 
lute them. From the account which had been given them 
by the way of the paft life of Mr. PhUofophy, the pilgrims had 
expeded to tind him a very aged man ; they were therefore 
fomewhat furprifed at his youthful appearance, which they 
could not but remark, although, in order to difguife it, he 
wore a Grecian mantle and a Roman veft. He welcomed 
them with extraordinary courtefy, and made them a long 
harangue, which aiforded them occafion to admire his fluency 
of fpcech, and wonderful erudition ; neverthelefs, even thofe 
among them who paid the greateft attention to what he faid, 
could not take upon themfelves to affirm that they clearly 
comprehended a fmgle fentence of it ; but they modeftly im- 
puted this circumftance to iheir own incapacity, rather than 
to any intentional obfcurity on has part ; and the feaft being^ 
now brought in, they feated themfelv'es at the table, in the^ 
order appointed by their hoft.- 

It was the fortune of Good-Intent to Be placed Between two 
of the gentlemen whom they had found with Mr. Philofophy 
on their arrival, whofe names were Mr. Free-thought and Mr. 
Plaufihle ; and. their converfation pleafed him fo well, that he 
began to find himfelf in better fpirits than he had ever been 
lince he had fibril confented to turn afide out of the gr^at 
road. But, while he v/as talking with them, he chanced to 
caft his eyes on a company of men who fat apart from the 
reft. He could not fee thcir^faces, for they were all mufiled 
up in thick cloaks^ and wore cnps of a grotefqiie Ihape, pul- 
led 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 21 

le J down over their eyes ; but there was fomethlng in their ap- 
pearance which infpired him with an invohmtary terror ; and 
he could not refrain, from inquiring of his two companions 
who tliote men v.-cre. 

" They are not worthy your attention, '^ faid Mr. Plnufilk ; 
" they are fome of the vallkls of the lord oi tliis palace, and 
never ad: but by his order." 

" But wherefore are they armed V^ faid GoocUntcirt ; for 
he perceived that they all wore daggers m their girdles. 

" It is no more than necefLiry/' rei)Ued Mr. Plaujihk ; <* for 
you muft knowth.it Mr. RLnlofophy, though a friend and well 
Vvifher to all mankind; is yet fo unfortunate as to liave ma- 
ny enemies, of whom the praicipal are two fierce giants, na- 
med Sup::?jMon 'AVidiD^fpotif.iu By thefe, and by their fjbjedrs 
and allies, hs is frequently affaulted ; and', being himfelf of 
a difpoHtion averfq from' vhirfare, he is obKged, for tlie fake 
of his own fecurity,^o keep in his fervic'e certain armed m.en, 
who may be ready, in cafe of any fudden affault, to defend 
him and his property from violence.'^ 

" From what my friend has been fiying,*' interpofed Free^ 
thought y ^* you may perceive, Mr. Good-intent^ how rlghtiy yoir 
have addreffed yourfelf in coming to this hoiife ; for ycii can- 
not be ignorant of the many injuries which your own kinf- 
folkhave fuftained from thofe who are now the enemies of Mr. 
PhUofophy, You will not, therefore, affuredly> refufe to unite 
with us, as in one common caufe, and afliiVus to' exterminate 
both Defpoflfm -axYd Superjlitlon. with all tlie minfters of their 
violence^ frojn flie earth." 

G JO d Anient indee{i recolle'cted, that befcre he had fet out 
from his own country, he had heard many inrtanccs of the 
cruelty and injuftfce of thofe two giants ; but as he underflood 
that for many years pail they had been re lira i ne cf fi-om ma- 
king any inroads into the regions through which the v/ay of 
the pilgrims Liy, he was uncertain how far it might be expe- 
dient for him to quit that way, in order to make war on 
them in any diftant country. However, as it was then late, 
he vrould not enter into a full drfcuffion of the^fubjed, but 
told Mr. Free-fhoughi that he would talk further with him in 
the morning ; and prefently afterwards the whole com.pany 
retired to rell, 

Gcod^.nterJ. 



22 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Good-intent, being tired with his journey, foon fell alleep ; 
and though I never heard him relate his" jdreams, I could 
perceive that they were very delightful unto him ; for fonie- 
tlmes he fmiled in his fleep, and fometin^es 1 heard him ex- 
claim, *' The golden age reftored ! The reign of Reafon I 
Univerfal peace, and freedom uncontrolled !" Now 
when it vv^as morning, he/ awoke, rofe from his bed, 
and attired himfelf ; and taking his book from the table on 
Xrhich he had laid it the night before, he was going, ac- 
.cording to his ufual cuftom, to read a certain portion of 
it before he quitted liis chamber ; but one named Im- 
patience came to call him to attend Mr. PhUofophy^ who 
v/as ready to iliew the pilgrims his fignificant rooms ; fc he 
put the book unopened into his bofom, and wient haftily 
down to the houfe. 

. Now when all thofe who had arrived at the palace the 
night before were met together, Mr. Philofopby, came forth 
unto them ; and firfl: he had them into his academy, where 
all his pupils were bufied in their feveral ftudies and occupa- 
tions ', but their labours appeared fo unlike thofe of other 
men, that the pilgrims were filled with wonder, an^T could 
not help afking fome queftions, of their condudor, who 
readily undertook to anfwer their inquiries. 

" From the extraordinary works which are performed by 
my pupils," faid he, " you may beft learn in what eftimatiou 
to hold the inftrudtions which they have received from me. 
Do you fee him who is arranging in fuch exacft order his 
heaps of (lones and cockle fliells I I have taught him to de- 
cypher charadlers untelligible to vulgar eyes ; fo that he is 
able to read on every foffil the true date of the time at 
w^hich it was firfl depofited in the bed of earth from which 
he dug it ; by which meatis he can now fet at defiance all 
other chronologifts and hiftorians, ancient and modern, and 
add in one moment myriads of uncounted ages to the anti- 
quity of the world which we inhabit. Not far from him^ 
you may perceive, on a table,, a globe ofglafs. It is a fmall 
fragment of tlie fun, lately ftruck off hy the tail of a comet. 
As foon as I faw that by its rotatory motion it had obtained 
a fpherical figure, I. feized it, and gave it to him, whom you 
may fee fo intently watching it. In about forty thoufand 
years, by which time it will be properly cooled, he will 

have 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 23 

have the fatiifadlion of feeing it covered with herbage and with 
trees; foon afterwards all kinds of animals will fpontaneoufly 
fpring from it ; and laftly it will bring forth men, who of 
coiirfe will reafon and converfe as we do. He who fit^ next 
is employed in changing flowers into butterflies ; which he 
effedbs by infufmg into tlieir component parts a defire of loco- 
motion. You may fee a projector of a lower order, who is fil- 
ling bladders with air, for the purpofe of flying ; and another 
who is bufied in the conftrudion of a boat, in which he propofes 
to fail at the bottom of the fea. But a little farther on fits my 
favourite fcholar, who is occupied in preparing the elixir of 
Human Perfedihility ; of which if a man tafte, he fhall forth- 
with become incapable of feeling the decays of age and fick- 
nefs ; and, ceafmg to eat, drink, or fleep, he fhall fpend his 
time chiefly in leaping or dancing ; till, by the virtue of this 
medicine, death fhall be totally banifhed from the world, 
and tlie human race, continuing daily to increafe, and fuftain- 
ing no diminution, ihall cover the whole furface of the earth, 
and the w^ant of local room fhall, to each happy individual, 
preclude the power of motion." 

Naw I faw in my dream, that afionifliment and admiration 
at thefe wonderful things deprived the whole company of pil- 
grims of all poflibillity of utterance, and induced them to 
regard Mr. Phtlofophy with tenfold veneration ; ^' for," 
thought they, " if thefe be the works of the fcholars, what 
may not the power of the mailer achieve ?" 

So he w^ent on w4th this difcourfe to them, and he faid, 
*' There are many others among my pupils, w^hofe employ- 
ments are no lefs worthy of your attention than what yen al- 
ready have beheld ; and if you are willing, you may all be- 
come partakers in the benefits which they derive from my in- 
ftructions. But firil I mud Ihew you other fights, which will 
be profitable^unto you, and /rem v/hich you ipay learn to 
form a true eftimate of the value cf all the things which are 
to be met with in this world." 

Then he led them away to a room, in which there was a 
window that looked out upon a wide comm^on ; and there 
appeared on the comm^on a large company of naked men. 

" Who are thofe men r" faid Mr. Curiofity. 

*/ They are brethren," anfwered Mr. Philofophy ; *< watch, 
and fee w^hat fhall be done unto them.'^ 

So 



-;24 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

So they locked, and beheld one come unto them ; and to 
feme of drern he gave purple garments, and crowns of gold^ 
and to others, changes of raiment, and fine linen ; but the 
greater part he clothed in rag^, and, piltting fpades and pick- 
axes into their hands, he compelled them to dig precious ore 
and jewels out of the earth, and to give them unto thofe who 
ftood by, idle, while for themfelves they, found but a few 
roots whereon to feed, as a recompence for their fore la- 
.bour. 

Then faid all the pilgrims, " What meaneth this?'' 

Anxi Mr. Ph:Ljcphy anfwered them, '• You fiiw that at'firft 
the men were all idike, none of them w^as greater, and none 
lefs, than his fellows ; lill he whom you faw come unto them, 
"whofe name was Social-order^ did firil make a difference be- 
tween them. And you. have beheld how unjuftly he has. 
deal'o with them; how he has exalted a few, and given unto 
tbem povrer to trample on the many. Such are the^ abufes 
which ilirough him have been introduced into the world. 
But follow me to another place, and you fhall fee greater 
evils than thefe.'' 

Then Mr. Difconienl gvoAutd \ but they all followed their 
conduclor, who brought them v/here th?re was a view of a 
black and gloomy tower. The narrow crevices which ferved 
inrtead of windows were grated over ; but he bade them loojc 
between the bars, and they defcried within certain prifoners, 
who lay fettered in a damp and noifome dungeon. 

Then faid the pilgrims, " What means tliis V* 

'' You may have already heard," faid Mr. Phikfophyj " that 
I have two mortal foes, who are alfo the foes of the whole 
human race, and againft whom all who defire.to become my 
difciples muil fwear eternal enmity. The tov/er v-diich you 
behcki is the it rong hold of one of them, even of the giant 
Dej'potifm ; and the captives whom you fee v/iihin are vidims 
of his cruelty." 

Tioen faid Mr. Hot-head. *• Let u^ inftantly ftorm the gate, 
and fet them free i" 

"Your zeal is commendable," faid Mr Phllofophy ; "but 
wait a moment, and behold the event." 

So they looked, and .prefently they £aw a woman gor- 
geoufly attired, with a red cap on her head, who fuddenly^ 
i:ofe out of the ground, bearing a lamp pail in her hand ; 

and 



PILGRIM GOOB-INTENT. 25 

and when (he had ftrickeii therewith the walls of the tower, 
they funk with a mighty crafti, and became a heap of ruins. 
Then the pilgrims rejoiced in the hope that thofe who bad 
been imprifoned within would now recover their freedom ; 
but Mr. Philofophy Was not willing that they fhould (lay to 
fee what became of the captives ; but led them haftily away 
to another apartment ; as they went, however, Mr. Curiqfity 
inquired the name of her who had thrown down the tower, 
and was told that fiie v>^as called Liberty. 

So they came next to a place where they faw a throne 
raifed high, and there fat on it a woman who was clothed 
in white raiment, but it was deeply ftained with blood : alfo 
on her breali Ihe wore a bloody crv)fs. And when ihe waved 
her hand, a great multitude of men appeared before her. 
Then Ihe blew forth from her lips a flame, which in a mo- 
ment failened on their garments; and behold the men fell 
together in a heap, and were all quickly confuraed to aihes. 

Then were the pilgrims much difmayed, and they a£ked 
trembling, " What meaneth this ?" 

Then faid Mr. Philofophy^ I ihewed you at the laft place 
the cruelty of Defpoi'ifniy one of the enemies by whom I and 
my friends are continually perfecuted ; you now behold the 
triumphs of th-j ftill more terrrible giant Superjiit'ion* Thefe 
are the faciyfices in which he delighteth, and in executing 
whi^h the miniiters of his will are continually employed." 

"But who is flie,'' faid Mr. Curiojuyy who fits on the throne, 
and by whom this deed of horror ha > been performed ?" 

" She is the eldeft daughter of Siiperjlitwn^'^ faid Mr. PhU 
lofophy^^*' and her name is Chriftiamty/^ 

Good-Intent ftarted. He had hitherto followed loft in won- 
der, and without confi deration had Ipartaken in the emotions 
of the reft ; but now, though he wa:» ftill incapable of arrang- 
ing the refleelions which crowded tiunultuouily op his mind, 
yet he could no longer conceal froni himfelf, that he was in 
the houfe of one who was an enemy to his king ; and the 
confcioufnefs of this filled him with an; uneaftnefs, in which he 
was aftoniftied to/ee that none of his companions appeared 
?to partake. They all followed Mr. PrMhfophy as complacent- 
ly as at firft ; but Good-'mtent longed \|to difengage himfelf 
from the company, though for the prei'jbnt he faw no good 
opportunity of effeifling bis efcape, ,bec*kufe their condudlor 

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26 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

had clofed behind them every door through which they had 
paffed ; wherefore, fatisfying himfelf that no obftacle to his 
departure could exift on their return, he yielded to the per- 
fuafions of Mr. Cunofity^ and with the reft proceeded ftill 
further, 

Then Mr. Philofophy brought them to a place, where they 
Taw an affemblage of men of all conditions. Some were era- 
ployed in various works "of labour ; but as they worked, they 
fung with merry hearts ; and, when their tafks were, ended, 
they arofe, and danced upon die green : fome were counting 
the profits they had gained by merchandife ; and fome, in 
gayer clothing, were engaged in various fports, and feemed 
to know no bufmefs but th*ir pleafure. Yet were the pil- 
grims greatly aftonifhed at tlie air of cheerfulnefs which was 
vifible on every countenance ; for the men were all linked to- 
gether by two poadji ous iron chains, the ends of which were 
grafped by two mif-fhaptn giants, who fat on a rock, and 
viewed their captives with malignant exultation. 

" Who are thofe hideous monfters," faid Mr. Curwfity^ 
•* who hold enthralled fo many of our fellow creatures ?" 

" You now behold my eneinies in perfon," faid Mr. Philo- 
fophy ; " he who wields the fceptre in his hand is Defpoufm ; 
yet, though the enfigns of royalty are his, even he is fubjecl: 
to the controul of Siiperjliimh his ftill more imperious bro- 
ther, who bears the flaming torch." 

** But thofe fools are worthy to wear their chains,*' faid 
Mr. Hate-controuly " who purfue their fports and occupations 
with fuch gay levity, making no effort to free thcmfelves.'' 

" Condemn them not top haftily," faid lAx.Philofophyy <«kil 
your cenfure fhould extend further than you as yet fuppofe ; 
and know, that thofe men, of whom you thus contemptuouf- 
\y fpeak, are themfelves infenfible of their own fervile condi- 
ti on. For fuch is the magic power of thofe fell giants, that 
they can render invifible the chains which they impofe, and 
fo lull to fleep the faculties of thofe who wear them, that 
they feel not the yoke, evea while it galls their necks. But 
look again, and a new fceae of things will difclofe itfelf.'* 

Then they looked, and beheld a perfon fmgularly attired ; 
for his garments were made all of paper, and on €very fold 
were printed in legible charaders the words Rights of Man, 
He advanced towards t^€ crowd, bearing in his hand a large 

mirroy, 



i>ILGRlM GOOD-INTENT. ii 

mirror, which he held in fuch a manner as that every man 
in his turn faw therein his own image ; and fuch was the vir- 
tue of that glafs, that as he looked in it, his eyes were opened, 
and he perceived his chains. In 3. moment the voice of 
mirth ceafed ^.mong them ; and nothing now v/as to be heard 
but groans and lamentations, intermixed wnth expreflions of 
fury and revenge againft the tyrants w^ho had thus enflavcd 
them. The pilgrims pitied them, ?.nd waited with fome an- 
xiety to fee what would be the effeds of the new fpirit which 
had been thus excited among them ; w^hen on a fudden he 
who bare the glafs ftepped forward, and prefented it to the 
guells of Mr. Philofophy. 

Mr. Difcontent was the firft who clUght in it the refledic^n 
bf his Q\\\\ iigure ; and what was his horror, v/hen he beheld 
around his ow^n neck two chains, referhbling thofe with 
which the ether captives oi Superjlittrm 7LX\d Defpotifm were 
loaded ! He darted back aghaft, and Mr. Hate-controul caught 
a fimilar view ; he gnailied his teeth with defpite ; and Mr. 
Hot-head^ who came next, \vas altogether mad with fury. 
Surprifed at their ravings, Mr. Curk/ity prelTed forward to 
Jgnji* ^nri ii/hen he perceitsd at 6fiit Lis 6v?il ocndkioh, i\\6 
that of his companions, he feized the arm oi Good-Intent ^ and 
drew him towards the mirror. After them came the reft ; 
and all, in like manner, difcovered wit^ aftonifhment their 
ftate of bondage. All coo now felt themfelves even feowed 
down by the weight of the chains, of which, but a few mo- 
ments before, they had been unconfclous ; and w^hile fome ra- 
ged, and others wept, at the thoughts of the captivity in 
which they were holden, all were exerting their utmoft ef- 
forts to break their bonds, or at leaft to loofen them from 
their necks : but all in vain ; the more they ftruggled to free 
themfelves, the tighter did the tyrants feem to draw the 
chains. 

At laft they addrefled themfelves to Mr. Phdo/ophy,- ^nd 
befought him to deliver them. 

" You afk of me more than 1 am able to do for you,*' an- 
fwered he : "I have already rendered you the greateft fer- 
vice in my power, by bringing you to a fenfe of your thral- 
dom ; for, though till now you have been ignorant of it, 
you have worn thefe chains even from your birth ; and they 
are rivetted fo firmly on your necks, that, if you yourfelves 

ihake 



28 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

I 

fhake them not off, no ejcternal force will be able ta releafv 
you from them." J 

« Alas !'' faid Mr. Ifi/ccnienty " our ftrength is not fuffi- 
cient to break them.'* 

" Yet I would die," {Liid Mr. Hate-cojitrouU " rather than 
lubmit to wear them any longer." 

" Let us perifli glorioufly," faid Mr. Hot-head^ <* in rufli- 
ing forward to attack the tyrants on their lofty feat I"' 

" The time for adventurous daring may come here,after," 
faid Mr. Philofophy : *^ till your ovvti necks fhall be freed 
from the yoke of the tyrants, all attempts to overthrow their 
power will be fruitlefs. There is but one way by which 
your chains can be locfed ; and to fiiew you that way is the 
only remaining fervice I can render you. If you know how 
to value freedom as you ought, you will not think it dearly 
purchafed hj the ujfe of the means I fhall point out to 
you." 

Mr. Credulity did not hefitate to exprefs his implicit confi- 
dence in the dire<5rions of his conductor ; and all joined in re- 
quefting him to confer on them v/ithout delay this promifed 
-c.^roti-r pvror^tino- Good'tntent : who, indeed, continued to fol- 
io v7 him ^'witirth^ reft, for he knew not wh?t other courfe to 
Mke ; but, while his companions preffed forward with eager 
impatience, he walked the laft, melancholy and filent. ^ 

After they had defcended feveral flights of fteps, Mr. Ph> 
lofophy then led them through many crooked fubterranean 
paffages, now bending to the right hand, and now to the 
left : fometimes proceeding for a ihort time ftraight forwards, 
and then fuddenly turning in an oppofite diredion, and lead- 
ing them backwards almoft to the point from which they 
had fet out. I faw, moreover, that in thefe paffiges there was 
no other light than that which was afforded by numerous 
lamps, of various colours, fo difpofed as to caft alternately 
different fliades' on all objedls within fight of the pilgrims : 
infomuch that nothing whereon they looked appeared to 
their eyes to wear its own proper and natural hue. At iait 
they reached a brazen door ; which being opened unto them 
by Mr. Philofophy, they entered a temple of black marble. 
From it, as well as from the paffages which had led to it, 
every beam of the light of heaven was excluded : nor did 
the pilgrims find here even fuch lamps as had hitherto en- 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 29 

lighteneJ their ftep s ; only in th^ midft of the temple, on an 
altar, burned a pale and quivering flame. Even the boldeft 
of the band, on his entrance, felt his blood congealed with a 
fudden horror. Each turned to look on his companions ; 
but, for fome moments, their eyes, unaccuftomed to the 
gloom, were unable to diftinguifli objects ; and in all, the no- 
bler powers of life feemed for a while fufpended. 

By degrees they became more able to penetrate the obfcu^- 
rity ; and they defcried, though dimly, two portentous 
forms ; they fuppofed tliem the powers to whofe honour that 
temple had been built. One fat on a pile of arms ; his gar- 
ments dropped with gore ; and a flight of vultures, hovering 
about his head, with hoarfe fcreams demanded of him their 
accuftomed food. The other phantom was half veiled in a 
mifty cloud ; for, had his whole form been difcovered, no 
mortal eye could have endured the terrors of his afpe«fl. A 
dragon's crefl appeared to crown his head ; his arm refted on 
a broken anchor,' and the thunderbolt of Heaven was tram- 
pled beneath his feet. 

" Here feek, and here obtain, deliverance !'* faid Mr. 
Phtlofophy : " Behold I have brought you into the prefence of 
thofe who alone are able to give you perfedl libeity : Prcf- 
trate youfelves before them ; and then, withfecurity of accep- 
tance, ofl'er the facrifice which the Poivsrs of Freedom de- 
mand." 

At thefe words, the pilgrims bowed themfelves to the 
ground : Good-Intent alone, aghaft and motionlefs, flood ftill 
in his place, and obeyed not the voice of his condudlcr ; but 
as he was behind the reft, it chanced that his omiffion was 
not obferved. When the others. had performed their homage, 
the fia ne on the altar rofe higher, and burned more brightly, 
than before, as if to requite their worfhip with a favourable 
omen. They now felt themfelves emboldened to look with 
more confidence on the phantoms which their guides had en- 
titled \}ci^ Foivers of Freedom ^ and by the increafed light 
they could difcern, that over the head of him from whom 
the ravenous birds expedled food was written Anarchy ; but 
over that of his more terrific compeer, they decyphered the 
name of Aihelfm, Good-intent ftiuddered, and his hair flood 
ere61:, 

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30 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Then faid Mr. Philofophy, <* Thus far is well ; thefe awful 
powers receive you as their votaries. Are you now ready 
to join in the facrifice which alone is wanting to render them 
propitious to your defires ?'' 

" Inftantly,'^ faid Mr* Hot-head : " what have we to offer 
which can be acceptable to them ?" 

" Hiave you not each a book," faid Mr. Philofophy^ " which 
was given unto you by a man who called himfelf Evange- 

" We have," replied the pilgrims. 

" That man," refumed their conduftor, " is the moft Iii- 
Teterate foe of the powers who prefide in this temple ; and 
in no lefs a degree is he your enemy alfo ; fmce the chains, 
which you fo difgracefuUy wear, could not have been forged 
without his affiftance. As a token, then, that you forever 
renounce him and his do<5trines, lay your books on the altar 
fcefore you, to be confumed in that felf-kindled flame, as an 
offering to Atheifm ; and then let each ftep forward, and re- 
ceive from Anarchy a fword which hath no fheath, endow- 
ed with fo rare a virtue, that, in the fame moment that you 
grafp it, your chains will fpontaneoufly fall from your 
jiecks." 

Mr. Hot-head xm-mt^vdX^y obeyed, and threw his book into 
the midft of the flame : Mr. Inconjiderate followed his exam- 
ple ; and Mr. Hate-controuU as he did the like, faid, " If I 
Jioped for no further advantage, I fhould ftill thmk myfelf a 
gainer, in being no longer obliged to burden myfelf with a 
Tolume, filled with hard fayings, and ftatutes impoflible to 
fce borne." 

The reft not immediately advancing, Mr. Phllofophy pro- 
ceeded in his difcourfe. 

Phllofophy. " You will foon perceive that, by the deftruc- 
tion of thefe books, theprefent fyftem of aflFairs throughout 
the whole world will be annihilated." 

Mr. Difcontent came forward, and committed his volume 
to the flames. 

Philofcphy. " A new order of things will every where ap- 
pear." 

Mr. Love-change joined in the facrifice. 

Philofcphy. " And thofe, who now cordially unite with 
e^cb otiier in llie purfui^ of their true interefts" — 

Mr. 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 31 

Mr. Party-fpirit prefented his book. 

Philofophy. — ** Will fliare, in that renovated (late, the pure 
delight which will be imparted to them, not only by the re- 
covery of tlieir owTi freedom, but by the univerfal ^ftablifh- 
ment of the rights and liberties of all mankind." 

The latter part of this fpeech had been addreffed to Good- 
intent ; but he neither advancing nor returning an anfwer,. 
Mr. Curlojity prefled before him, and accofting Mr. Phtlofo- 
phy^ " Sir," laid he, *' the extraordinary veneration, with 
which the wonders I have feen at your houfe have infpired 
me for your wifdonn, difpofes me to pay an implicit defer- 
ence to all your counfels ; yet before I caft my book upon 
that flaming pile, I would gladly be fatisfied by you on one 
point. 1 am aware that to perfons who have the honour to 
be inftrufted by you, thefe volumes are totally unneceffary; 
but fince thofe of the meaner fort, who want that advantage, 
ftill ftand in need of fome rules for the diredion of their con- 
duct, where, if thofe are deftroyed to which tliey have hither- 
to had recourfe, where are they to find a fubftitute ?" 

" Nothing can be more eafily found," anfwered Mr. Phi- 
lofophy. " Let them read the Koran of Mahomet^ or the Zen-^ 
davefta of Zoroajler ; or let them feek a living example of hu- 
man perfe(51ion, uadebafed by focial laws, uncontaminated 
by civilization, unfettered by Chriftian prejudices, and con- 
fequently unftained by any crime more black than occafion- 
al rapine, fraud, and murder, in the virtuous hordes of ^- 
r77^r/Vi5f;i favages." 

" And are Mahomet SLnd Zoroajler then," faid Mr. Credulity^ 
perfons of as great veracity as Mr. Emangelijl /" 

"All my difciples are of that opinion," replied Mr. P>ii- 
lofophy. 

" You know thefe things better than I do," faid Mr. Cre- 
dulity : and with that he followed the example of the reft. 

Mr. Ciiriofity hefitated a moment longer ; but prefently 
yeilding to his impatience to fee the wonderful efftds that 
were to refult from the offering, he alfo caft his book into 
the flames. 

But the facrifice was not yet completed ; for the fpirit of 
Good-intent was now roufed : he faw with horror the condu^ 
of his companions, and the counfels of Good-iviU ruftied fud- 
denly on his recolled:ioii. Though tfe^ things which he 

had. 



it THE PROGRESS OF THE 

had feen and heard had made a confiderable tmpreffion on 
his mindj his former opinions were not fo far fliaken, but 
that he felt within himfelf a determination to part rather 
with his life than with his book, which he was fenfible none 
but the enemies of his King would have required him to re- 
fign ; and, remembering that he had been direded to confult 
It whenever he fhould find himfelf under any difficulty, he 
drew it forth from his bofom. Mr. Philofophyy difpleafed 
that among the men who had followed him fo far there 
fhould be any one who hefitated to obey his laft command, 
extended his hand to feize it ; but Good-intentf recoiling from 
his touch, opened the volume, and read therein, " Beware 
left any man fpoil you through philofophy and vain de- 
ceit." 

*^ Alas \^* cried he, *^ had I fooner reforted to my book for 
counfel, I fhould not have fuiFered myfelf to be led hither, 
to view face to face thofe forms of perdition ! How great 
muft have been my fm in turning afide from the right road ; 
fince it has brought on me the punifiiment which I experience 
even in the fight of that moft dire of fiends, before whofe af- 
pedl 1 feel every high-raifed hope die away in my bofom ! 
What will become of me ? What (hall I do !" 

Then he again opened his book, and found written therein, 
*< Efcape for thy life ; look not behind thee." Upon that, he 
made towards the door, and would have gone forth ; 
but thofe who had hitherto been his companions, unwilling 
that by his example their own unrighteous deeds fhould be 
I'eproved, fought to detain him, and to compel him to do 
even as they had done ; but his eagernefs to efcape gave 
him tenfold ftrength ; and while he was ftruggling with them, 
Mr. Philofophy faid to his adverfari^s, with a malicious fmile, 
" Trouble not yourfelves to withhold againfl his will that 
weakfouled wretch, who is unfit to be with you admitted to 
my higher myfteries. Suffer him to pafs forth, to meet the 
fate which is prepared for all who prefume, without my gui- 
dance, to tread the mazes of my palace*" 

Then they ftood back, and Good-intent impetuoufly rufhed 
oirt of the temple. But little caufe had he to rejoice, except- 
ing in that he was delivered from the view of the hideous 
form of Atheifni ; fOr the lamps, v/hich had enlightened his 
fteps when he had paffedthat way atfirft, were all extinguifh- 

ed) 



PILGRIM GOODJNTENT. • 33 

\i ; and in the thick obfcurity which furrounded him, he 
foon made a wrong turning, and loft himfelf.. His fpirit 
now funk within him, as he wandered along dark and flippe- 
\'j ways, where he proceeded few paces without flumbling 
over a kind of rugged ftones, called in that place OhjeSions^ 
which w<ere every where fcattered about. The air, moreover, 
was filled with certain venomous winged creatures, fhaped 
like bats, which were called DouhiSy and did oftentimes iiing 
him forely. 

At laft, he defcried at a diftance a fmall glimmering light, 
towards which he joyfully hafiened \ and, entering a cham- 
berfrom which It proceeded, he found there a man in a change- 
able coloured garment, with a mafk on his face. Before 
him lay a book, like that w^hich Gcod-hitent had fo zealoufly 
preferved ; but he was employed in cutting cut half the leaves 
of it with a knife which he held in his hand ; while from 
tliofe which he fuiFered to remain, he had erafed fo many 
words, that the reddue was no longer intelligible. When 
Good-intent entered, the man raifed his head, and afkfed him 
who he was, and what he fought there. 

Good-intent, " My name is Good-intent : I am a pilgrim, 

and was travelling towards the Celejnal City, till It was my 
unhappy lot to be inveigled into this palace, where I have 
beheld the dreadful face of Athe{fm, As I fled from him, 
I loft my way in the^dark paffages ; and till I defcried the 
beams of your lamp, I was hopelefs of ever efcaping from 
this endlefs labyrinth.*' . . „ 

Then faid the man, " If thou fiyeft from Athelfmy it is well 
for thee that thou art come hither. 1 alfo am, his enemy ; and 
befides myfelf than couldft not have found any one able to 
affift thy efcape, and to guide thee in fafety through the^n^ 
tricate mazes of this palace.'* 

GoQd4ntmt heard with joy the difcourfe of the ftranger ; 
yet, anxious to know him better before he entrufted himlelf 
to his guidance, he inquired his name ; to which the man re-^ 
plied, that he was called RaUoncd-Chrijllai^y ; " And I my- 
felf," faid he, « am alfo a pilgrim as thou art ; only I like not to 
walk with the herd of vulgar travellers ; and therefore, to 
feparate myfelf from them, 1 came fometime fmce to take up 
my abode under the roof of Mr. Philofophy. But now, if thou 
^rt willing to become my companion, and to conform thy 
• "^ way 



^4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

%vay to my dirediions, I will lead thee into a fafe and eafy 
path, by which, fooner than thou naayeft exped, thou fhalt 
arrive at the end of thy journey.'* 

When Good-intent heard the ftranger^s namey- it infpired him 
with great confidence ; and, not feeling any miftruft of his 
new companion, he befought him immediately to lead the 
w^ay. Then the man arofc, and taking his lamp in one hand, 
and in the other the book but of which he had cut fo many 
of the leaves, he condu(5led Good-uitent along paffages as in- 
tricate as any of thofe through which he had pa/Ted before ; 
and now they had proceeded fo far, that the pilgrim exped- 
cd every moment to reach the end of his fubterranean way, 
and to emerge from the darknefs in which he had wandered 
fo long, when his ccndudlor fuddenly turned afide, and 
brought bim into an apartment which was faintly enlighten- 
ed by an imperfccl beam of clouded day {breaming through 
a half-clofed fky-light. 

He here beheld enfhrined a new phantom, whofe form re- 
fembled that of the giant-brood, who were fabled to have 
fprung from the earth ; yet, feated on a lofty throne, he 
looked proudly dQwawards, as from the highefl heavens i 
his countenance was fevere and louring ; and, haughty as it 
was, it betrayed a fecret anguifh at his inability to break a 
crofs, which he held in his hand, and was exerting his ut- 
moft ftrength to demolilh. 

" Whither have you brought me," i^iid Good-intent to his 
condu^flor ; **" and what unknown form do I now behold ?"' 

'' Happy mortal,*' faid the other, " who under my gui- 
dance hall reached the dwelling place of Natural-religion ; 
bow thyfelf at his fhrine, and rejoice that thy happy deiliny 
has brought thee to vifit his pure abode !" 

But while he fpoke, Good-intent^ eying the phantom more 
heedfuUy, difcerned his true name written ,pver his head ; 
and it was Delfm. Perceiving then that his condudor had 
a deiign to deceive him, he delayed not to draw forth his 
book. 

^< What dofl thou ?'* faid his guide. 

** I feek for counfel where it may be found,** replied 
Good-intent, 

" Thou meaneft well,** faid the other, " but how wilt thou 
be deceived, if thou putted any truft in what thou mayeft find 
w^rittea in that volume !'* -** Doth 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 35 

<* Doth it not contain the words of truth ?'* faid the piU 
, grim. 

' " It doth indeed contain fome truth," anfwere J his con- 

jdudlor; ^* but fo intermixed with falfehood, that 

'thy weak underftanding cannot know how to feparate 

ithe one from the other. ' Read rather in my book . Mine, 

I as thou feeft, was once the fame as thy own ; but I have 

long employed myfelf in expunging fuch parts of it as weje 

adverfe to my own opinions, and in difcovering in the pages 

which I have fufFered to remain, fuch occuk meanings, as 

had, for many ages, efcaped all vulgar and unlearned eyes ; 

and I have at lall fo refined it from its drofs, that even he, 

my great mafter, whom thou feeft before thee, permits his 

votaries to ufe it, as a code of law^ for the regulation of 

their moral condu<ft.*' 

" But if," faid Good'tntsnt, " it was deHgned, as I have al- 
ways been afFured it was, as a book of general inftrudlion for 
all mankind, can we imagine that the true meaning of any 
effential parts of it ihould be fo occult, as that it fhould have 
remained for the inquiries of th^ prefent age to difcover ? 
' Methinks I could more willingly relinquiih my book entirely, 
as I was required to do but juft now in the temple of 
Athit/niy than think fo unworthy of hirp, who commanded us 
to believe and to do all things which it ihould teach us, as 
to fuppofe that he fufi'ered any pailages to be inferted there- 
iin, for the exprefs purpofe of miileading fuch as with honeil 
and true hearts fhould feek to know his wilL" 

And with that, pufhing back the mutilated volume which 
was offered him, he opened his own and read, " This is that 
fpirit of Antlchr'tfi, whereof you have heard that it fhould 
come ; and even now already is it in the wqrld.'' As he 
read thefe words, the throne of Deifm funk, and the phantom 
himfelf difappeared ; the fmall part of the iky-light that had 
been open fuddenly clofed ; and he who bare the lamp fled 
away ; but as he fled his mafk dropped off, and GooiLlniem 
knew his face, that it was the face oi Herefy, 

By the removal of his lamp, however, the pilgrim v/as not 
left in darknefs as before ; for he perceived that from the 
book which he ftill held in his hand a radiance proceeded, 
and fhined round about it ; an affiftance which it had not hi- 
therto afforded him, becaufe he had carried it hidden in his 

' ' bofom, 



36 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

bofom, without attempting to make any ufe of it. Then he 
remembered that it was written, " Thy word is a lamp unto 
my feet, and, a light unto my path;" and rejoicing in the 
hope which was thus revived in his bofom, he haftened out 
of that apartment, and proceeded on his way. Nor was he a- 
ny longer in danger oflofmg himfelf ; for at every turning a 
bright ray darted from his book, and pointed out to him the 
way which he fliould take. Only he was ftill molelled by 
thofe venomous flying creatures, which:, -though they flung 
him lefs forely than before, did yet hover over his head, and 
fill his ears with the noife of their flutterings ; and fometimes, 
gathering round his book, they fhaded it with their wings, 
and almoft hid the light from his eyes. Neverthelefs, he went 
on with confidence ; and at laft, after climbing up a fteep af* 
cent, he found himfelf in a veftibule, where the rays of the fun 
in all their fplendour fuddenly broke upon his eyes ; the birds 
of night, not able to endure the brightnefs, d\irft follow him 
no farther, but flew back fcreaming to their murky abodes ; 
and Good-intent, feeing before him an open door, rufhed through 
it, and with joy perceived that he had efcaped out of the pa- 
lace of Mr. Phtlofophy. 

The frefli air was very pleafant to him, after his long fub- 
teiTanean wanderings ; yet he ftaid not to amufe himfelf 
with any inferior gratifications, but looked eagerly round 
him to difcover where he was, and what way he muft go to 
return to the high road, his departure from which he fo forely 
repented. 

While he was ftanding to take the view, he was defcried 
by a party of Mr. Philofophy^s retainers, who, from a turret, 
beheld the plain below. It was fo rare an occurrence to 
them to fee any who fled from their mafter^s palace, after 
having once confented to become his fcholars, (the raoft part 
remaining there gladly to enjoy the pleafures of the place ; 
and the few who were defirous to depart, finding no means 
of effeding their efcape) that Good-intent was unto thefe men 
an object of great amazement ; and fome of them reproached 
him for quitting a houfe where he might meet with fo much 
good company ; others called to him to return ; and others, 
obferving the book which he ftill bore in his hand, mocked 
at him for encumbering himfWf with a burden which they 
called fo ufelefs, aadfpake jy^ny vain a^d blafphemous words 

agaiaft 



HLGRIM GOODJNTENT. 37 

-^.gainft Him whofe laws it contained. Among thefe lafl: was 

one named Rhlicuk, who as it chanced had a bqw in his hand ; 

and, obierving that GoodAutent heeded nothing that was faid. 

unt-o hJTn, but was beginnincf to run acrcis the plain with all 

fpeed, he vain-glorioully told his companions that he^ would 

^ive them a proof of his fkill in archery, by fending a dart> 

which Ihould tlrike the boiik out of the young man's hand ; 

and with that he prelently fitted an arrow to the ftring, and 

drew the bow with all his might. The fliaft fiew through 

the air, and, grazing the hand of Good-intefit^ it ftruck the 

book ; but, bounding inliantly back from it, fell with a blunt-^ 

ed point to the ground. Though the fcratch wiich the piU 

grim had received was flight, yet, the dart haying been enve-» 

iomed, it gave him extraordinary pain, and had almoil, at the 

rft moment, obliged him to drop the book ; but happily 

recollecting himfelf, he exerted lufficient refolution to grafp 

the precious volume moi'e firmly than ever, and went pn his 

vay, without fo much as turning to look behind him, Ne« 

erthelefs, Ridicule, being fiiort-figTited, imagined that he had 

cen his arrov/tranfix the book ; and when he boa^fted to his 

companions of his fuccefs, even thofe among them Vv4io had 

feen the event moft clearly, were afraid to contradid: him, 

eft, being offended, he ilioiild turn the reft of his darts againft 

j.iemfelves. 

Meanwhile Good-hitenty having efcaped out of the pleafure* 
grounds of Mr. Ph'dofjphy, had- at laft the fatisfaction" to find 
himfelf once more in the high road, v/here he ran forward v/ith* 
out ilackening his pace, till he reached the houfe of the good 
old Interpreter. There he knocked with great violence at the 
gate ; and it was prefently opened to him by the damfel whofe 
name was Innocent, So fhe alked him who he was. 

" Alas 1" faid Good-inttnt^ " 1 am one who can urge little 
claim to be admitted here, fince I have fuitered myfelf to be 
feduced from the jight way by the wiles of Mr. PhUofophy^ 
and have beheld the dreadful myfteries of his palace. And 
though 1 have been fo fortunate as to efcape from his la- 
byrinths, yet I know iiot udiether I may ftill prefunie to pre- 
fect myfelf at this portal, which I am well aware is only open- 
ed to tlie faithful fubjecls of that king, from whofe paths I 
'we traitoroully ftrayed.'' 

D 

Then 



38 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Then laid the damfel, " This gate is never clofcd again ft 
penitent and reMirning fmners. Yet of all who have been 
enticed by Mr. Fhilq/ophy^ I do not recollect that any one, 
before you, has ever quitted him, ;ind come to feek adiliiffion 
Jiere, But I pray you tell me your name, a^nd from what 
place you fet forth on your pilgrimage, that 1 may go in, 
and fcew it unto my matter ; and a will then quickly return, 
and let you know his anfwer." 

Then Good-intent told her who -he was, and whence he came ; 
:%.nd v/hen fhe heard that lie was of the lineage ot Chrijimn^ 
ihe fmiled, and made the gj-eater hafte to carry in his peti- 
tion ; .and fbe prefently came back, to let him know that her 
gmaikr vrould willingly receive him. Then ihe led birn in, 
and brought him to a parlour where Mx? Interpreter was fit- 
/ting. He was a venerable old man, with a long white beard^ 
ithat reached down even to bis girdle ; but none of the infir- 
^jfnities of age were vifible upon him, as he who had conduct- 
ed the pilgrim to the houfe of Mr. Khthfophy had falfely re- 
ported; on the contrary, there was flili a youthful iire in bis 
eyes, and his countenance vilibly expreffed a mind of undi- 
.vniniihed vigour. 

He received Good-intent with great benignity, and congra- 
tulated him on his efcape from a place in which fo many had 
found their ruin. *' But tell me, young man,'^ faid he, *' in 
what manner didft thou firft com.e to a knowledee of thy dan- 
;€^er ? For the principal art of him who fo deceitfully affume^ 
iriy .name and office, .confifis in concealmg his dc.figns frorn 
fuch as he has undertaken to enfnare, till he has brought them 
fo far in^ tlie v.^ay which ieadcth~to perdition, that all means 
.of retreat are cut offirom them." 

Goc^-i«/^:f then related to the Interpreter '^W that 1j ad befal- 
len hmi in the palace of M^'. Philcjhphy ; declaring that, 
ithouP'h the confcioufnefs that he had Quitted the rieht road 
•had, irom the firft, otcaiioned him lome uncafinefs, he had 
not been fully fenlible that he had put himfelf ^mder the gui- 
dance of one who v/as an enemy to his Prin^ce-, tiU he had 
heard hiir. affert that Chri/iianity vr<{?> die daughter of Superjll- 
ti07i ; which v/asfo.contiary to all tliat had ever before been 
told him of her, that he' afftired himfelf it anuft have been a 
malicious calumny ; that afterv.^ards the fight of the dreadful 
phantoms in the plack temple had fo greatly difmayed him, 
' ' that, 



PILGRIM G 3 3D -IN FEN f. 59 

\U;\U iiad lie been obliged to make any longer ilay there, he 
mull certainly have d\cd with terror ; and he concluded by ex- 
prciling his grat^itude to his king, to whole merciful preferva- 
tion of him he wholly attributed his efcape. 

Then faid the Interpreter^ " You can never return him fuf-. 
kient aefcnowledgmcnts for fo great ^and fignal a favour. 
But while you are thus declaring the due fenfe you entertain 
of it, what is the reafon that your conntenance io ill agrees 
with vour words? For methinks y-ini look more hke a man 
whc5is labouring under fome'prefent grievance, than like one 
whofe mind is properly afFecled with a recent benefit// 

Good-i}ft£nt. " Alas, Sir \ notwithftanding. my fatisfadlion 
at having returned to the hi^i road, I cannot deny that my 
fpirits are ftiil much deje'fted : Though I chofe rather to con- 
tinue to wear the .chains with which I am laden, than to refort 
to Athvfm K'^id Amrchy ior my releaie if, yet the Jight which has 
o oen aiFor ded me of my own ilaviili condition, has rendered 
my veiy life a burden to , me. Cannot you, Sir, tell me of 
any means by which i may be delivered ? I am likewife in 
ereat pain, from the rcings of thofe venomous creatures which 
ibforeiy moleifed me as i was wiri'^-^-'no- \-^ ^^^ PtH^^'Wv's 
dariv mazes, and frora the bruifes I received in the falls 1 
there met with ; alfo I feel an intolerable firiart from the 
wound, flight as it, appeared, which was inflicted on my hand 
by the arrow of him who did ihoot at me from the turret as 
I was rflaking my efcape.'' 

Interprefer. " As for the ftings, and bruifes, and the 
wound, ofu^ilch you complain, none do ever enter the houfe 
of Mr. Ph'lofophy^ unlets they be clad in ai-mour of proof 
frojn the armoury of our king, without receiving many fuch 
hiirts as thofe, if nothing worfe befal them ; and at prefent 
you mull: be Contented to bear them with pa.tience, though 
hereafter I may be able to provide you fome remedy for 
them. But as for the chains which fo greatly trouble you^ 
I pray you ihew them to me." 

'* I do not nov7 perceive them myfelf," faid Good-intent. 

" You however feel them," laid the Interpreter, 

" I cannot fay v.I do," anfwered the young man ; " yeC 
methought their weight did mightily opprefs me, while I 
viewed th^m in the mirror of him v/ho w:is called Ki^hs-of- 
man, ^ 

" You 



40 . THE PROGRESS OF THE 

" You will probably be more fenfible of them when yon 
move," fald the Inter^preter. Rife up and walk, and provs 
whether there be any bonds which r(irirain your limbs." 

Then Good-intent 2,xo{t ; but whether he turned himfelf to 
the right hand or to the left, he could not obferve that any 
thing drew him back, or deprived him of the liberty to walk 
or move which way foever he chofe. 

*' It is true, Sir,'' faid he at laft, " that I cannot now per- 
ceive myfelf to be in any bondage ; but I remember Mr. 
Fhtlqfophy told me that the two giants, who had enflaved the 
whole world, were able alfo, by their magic art, to render 
their captives infsnfible of their own condition; and I am 
probably again imder the iniluence of that forcery, fmce I' 
can no longer difcover the chains, which were fo plainly lliewn 
me in^that wonderful mirror." 

" And art thou ftill fo blind," faid the Inierpreier, "that 
thou canft not difcern to whom the imputation of magic be- 
longs ? If thou wert indeed chained, as thine enemy would 
have perfuaded thee, yet while thy bends were invifible, and 
did no v^ay reftrain tliy freedom \n adion, it would be difB- 
cult to fay v/h^rein vh^ grievance did confiil ; but in fad this 
is nothinp- more than one of thofe vain fhadows, with which 
Fhllofophy, himfelf, the moft powerful of magicians, doth ufe 
4;o delude thofe who have fallen into his fnares ; to the end 
that, reforting to him for deliverance from an imgainary bon- 
dage, they may fall into a real one, and fo become the inftru- 
ments of the horrible defigns he has formed for the fubver- 
fion of every thing which mankind hath hitherto been accuf- 
tomed to hold in reverence. But the love thou haft fliewa. 
for thy King, by refolutely quitting the abode of his enemy, 
in defpite of all the obftacles- which were oppofed to thy ef- 
cape, renders thee worthy that the falfe impreffions which 
thefe forceries have made on thy mind fhould be removed, 
and that thou {houldft be ihewn that thy temporal as well as 
thy eternal intcrefts can be fecured only by a condud in eve- 
ry refped the reverfe of that to Vv^hich Philofophy impels his 
votaries. I will therefore explain to thee, in order, all that 
did befal thee, from the time when thou was firft perfuaded, 
-by thy dangerous companion Curiofity^ to tafte ©f the ftream 
of Vain-refearchy which iffues from the fountain of Prefmnptlcn^ 
and emp^es i'^felf into the boundlefs fea of EtTor, Mr. Phi-* 

kfcphyj^ - 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 41 

•^/4wfinJlngthatare.m pofTeffed fuch qualities as mi^ht 
render ,t at confulerablc ufe to him, ia his attempts to miflead 
p,lgnms was at a great expenfe in turning it acrofs the S 
load; Ksongnial courib having lain very wide therefrom- 
and the extraordinary darknefs, which came upon your Xk 
company, ,s one of the efFefts which are ufually experirnced 
by thoie who drink of its waters. You thus h^d /4 fSv' s 
open to the attacks of your enemy; and, having btu a few 
moments betore walked in fofety bv the li^h^ of he-vl !-. 
became glad .to^ follow the d J tape/ wfech^l had I'.rto 
g u.de you to your ruin. As for the account, which was giy! 
wl'^iJvl "^^>' °^¥- ^':-V^/^^ Wmfelf, his very apiar- 
anc. mignt havs convmced you of its falfehood ; for you 
could not but lee that hrs face wore no trace, of thafJie 
bS^' ;?: 'f ^"'•■•^^^ '- P-^--^^- I" ^™^J^. there wa olX' 
hour, d/f-'^"""''' r"^ '"^? ^''""'^ ■■" Greece about thr e 

en ; 4'!".'^°', T "■'* ^ *'^ Impoftor hath not 
.a.., ..tU..A.y only he coveteth to wear robes of the fame 

~ tnts' ^t;t .- "■" ■''' T' ^^^'' ""'''■ ^'^^^- -'E 

.rents uKa a. le prct.>nds. Req/b,i indeed will fometime- 

•Tan he .s mtox.cated, call him hi Ton, but when helTfc: 

''■^^:M:^^lf'''''t'^' '^"'^ M.ay conn.aed wSa 

-^ x..^ -r law^ him. His true father is no other than Lvr}/^- 

-i^r .e ,. s o.nt mrtriifted m the dodrines which now he 

afcours he commended to you ia his academv, they a-.^ 0^^ 
'tj^'';,"^ "'''''' ''^■-homitkngfince^^4sfaid! 'that 

the-"v^r ;o: I f "'"' ft^ff'"g out of the water and ia 
the .t..i , wlxereby the world that then was, beine overfion- 

i n'; V bft^' T'^''' ' 'r 'Y '^'^^•^^-^ ^^ the eith ^SJi 
ai dp"l t V I '"'' r^''^ "'' '^'•''' '■" '^^°^^' --^^^r-^d «nto fire 
nl' "-,':'" f^'i;°'^J''^'^S"^«nt' ^nd perdition of ungodlv men ' 

di£: n:.tS?T""^'^'f^"' '-"'^ '^'>y thef^ pretended 
£" ^ ^i;*^"; ^'ti'^^^ ^Mtradition of pail a^es could - 

and life aS'J^ea^tf:j:?°?'',^^ ^^crki could be made, 
-la A T.a.c.uv!e i .ul mmied into the creatures which 



fhould 



42 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

fliould inhabit it, v/ithout tlie intervention of an Almighty 
Agent ; and as if, by their counfels, this mortal could be 
taught to put on immortality, without the affiftance of Him, 
who only " hath power to change our vile bodies that they 
may be fafhloned like unto his glorious body, according to the 
w^orking whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto 
himfelf." Bat I know that you now are weary and faint 
in your fpirit, through the toils and terrors which you have 
this day undergone ; and it will be expedient for you at pre- 
fent to take fome refrefhment, by which jour flreilgth m^y 
be revived. I will therefore defer expounding to you the true 
meaning of the fights which you afterwards beheld, until to- 
morrow morning ; when, as fome of my windows look the 
fame way with thofe of Mr. Phihfophy^ I fliall be able to give 
you a better viev/ of thole things which he deceivingly fiiewed 
luito you." 

With that, the Inlcrpreter arofe, and, takhig Good-huem by 
the hand, he led him into another apartment, vrhere a 
plentiful fupper was provided ; not indeed compofed of fuch 
far-fetched dainties as the pilgrim had been regaled w4th at 
the banquet of his former hoft, but of meats much more 
ncurifhing and healthful ; and after he had eaten a fufB- 
cicncy, he was, by the Interpreter^ s order, condu(5Ved to the 
chamber appointed for his lodging, where he enjoyed a 
comfortable repofe. 

In the morning, as fodn as he had breakfafted, Mr. Interpre* 
ter took him to a window, from which he had a light of the 
common, whereon flood the company of naked men ; but 
Good-intent, being now much nearer to them than he had been 
placed before, could difcern great mifery in their countenan- 
ces ; for each man was more intent on obtaining the maftery 
over the reft, than on providing for himfelf thcfe things 
vrhercof he was the moft in need ; and if any one fuifered 
wrong from another, he htid no better refource than to re- 
turn that injury by a new one ; for they were governed by 
no laws, neither was there any judge by whom the weak 
could be protecled from him that was too ftrong for him ; 
fo that every man's hand was again ft his neighbour, until he 
who was called SociaUorder appeared amongft them. At his 
approach, their difcord ceafed ; and, though he beftowed not 
his favours equally, yet even thofe for whom he did the leaft 

were 



riLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 45 

were manifeftly in a better fituatlon than they had been be- 
fore his arrival ; if he had clothed them but in rags, they had 
reafon to be thankful, fmce before they had been naked ; and 
if they were con drained to labour for the rich, that labour 
fuppHed them with food for themfelves, for want of which 
they had before been flarving. Moreover, GooclAntent fav/ 
that many of thofe who had abundance, gave freely thereof 
to fuch as were in need ; that no man durfl any more at- 
tempt to do wrong unto another, becaufe Social-order was rea- 
dy to take the part of every one ,who v/as opprefled ; and 
that of thofe who at iirft haid been placed in the meaneix Na- 
tions, there were many, who, by their induftry and prudent 
condudl, obtained places, from time to time, among thofe 
who held the higheil ranks ; while there were others, who 
at iirft had been gorgeouily clothed, but who, as they w^ait- 
€d their fubRance by riotous living, were obliged to exchange 
their coftly garments for the rsgs which the others had caft 
off: 

"What thinkeft thou now," faid the Inierpreter to Good-iTc 
ient ; " whether of the tv/o is preferable — the ftate of favage 
man, where every individual, confcious of no dependence on 
his fellow, lives but for himfelf ; where confequently he can 
attain no advantages, but fuch as his own limited abilities can 
procure him ; and where the conftant infecurity of property 
confines all enjoyment wnthin the prefent moment, and fuifers 
no bright profpecft of futurity .to enlarge or ennoble the mind~ 
or that ftate of things, vvhich, under the dire d:i on of a benign 
Providence, has been introduced by Social-order F Of perfec- 
tion this world is not the feat ; of the wifefl human inftitu- 
tions it is therefore eafy to difcover the defeds. Tlie only 
fair method of judging is, to compare the benefits with the 
inconveniences w^^ich refiiltfrom them ; but to that end, it 
is neceifary to view them in all their parts ; and it is there- 
fore one chief artifice of Mr. Philofophy^ to permit his pupils to 
behold but on one fide the objedls which he prefents to them. 
Where there is a gradation of ranks, the occafional exaltation 
of the unworthy, and depreflion of the meritorious, muft, 
among human^ creatures, be unavoidable ; y.t, even in the 
mod corrupt times, fuch abufes will not be univerfal, fmce 
mod of the groifer vices naturally lead to poverty and con- 
tempt, while godhnefs hath " the promife of the life that now 



4.4 ^ TKE PROGRESS OF THE 

is, as well as of that which is to come ;'' and when this world 
Ihall pafs away, and that which is perfe(5l fliall fucceed it, then 
.fliall it evidently appear that all things, whether happy or ca- 
lamitous in their prefent afpecl, ihall alike have w^orked to- 
gether for good to thofe who have loved and obeyed their 
celeftial Elins-/* 

*' I am iniinitely beholden to you, Sir,'* faid Good-inient^ 
*^ for having fet me right on a point fo important as this. I 
now percei'/e hov/ much I was niifled by that imperfect view 
which iSlr. PhilGJophy aiforded mxe ; and that Social-order^ 
v/hom he reprefented as the author of all the evils of this 
world, is, in facl:, rn^n's trueft benefador. But, I pray you, 
let us proceed a h'ttle farther. I furely could not be equally 
wrong in the judgment I formed refpedling the next fight 
which was (hewn unto us ; in the abhorrence I felt at that 
terrible prifon^ nor in my zealous admiration of her who 
overthrew its walls.'' 

'-'- li^do not blame yon," faid the Inlerprekr; "for the 
.- yinions v'hich you were led to entertain on that fubjecft ; yet 
1 will (hew you that even there you formed your judgm.ent 
too hailily." 

An^'Hth'that he led the pilgrim to another place, from 
which they had a view of the tower. Good-intent again be- 
lield it v/itli indignation ; but the Interpreter bade him look 
around, and he faw on every fide good dvv'-elling-houfes, and 
Fiourifhing lands ; till fne w^ho Was called Liberty came, and 
overthrew, the tower ; v/hen behold, as it fell, the earth open- 
.ed to receive it, and where it once had flood, xh^ pilgrim now 
law a lake of blood, whence prefently flowed a ftream, which 
deluged all the country round. The fruitful fields were no 
longer to be fecn ; and as Liherty-j now rifen to a gigantic 
height, lUlked proudly through the crimfon flood, every 
h<^\\k. at her approadi chang^ecl it^ form, and became a dun- 
geon, more black and more noifome than the tower had 
been which ilie had overthrown ;. and inftead of the few pri- 
fo7iers who had been confined in the tower, Good-Intent now 
perceived that half the inhabitants of the land, with groans 
wiiich pierced !i is foul, mourned their hoplefs captivity. 

'* O, Sir 1" cried the piigrim, " what am I to underfiand 
by tills ? Can this be the work of Liberty P'' 

"Not, aiTuredly, of true /<i/'ir/>'," faid the hterprei.r^ 

** wlio 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 4j 

\vl:o IS a very diiFerent perfonage from her wliom Mr. 

hilofophy and his followers think proper to call fuch. True 

iheriy is of celeftial origin ; fhe is the infeparable coinpan- 

!i of Good'gcvfrnnmit^ and feme of her children are Property, 

srttniyy and Puhilc-Lipplnefs ; but this falfe pretender to her 

anie is the ilder of the fiend A?iar:hy^ by whom ihe is fent 

_ jrth, to endeavour by her enticing words, and her magic 

powei, to reduce the whole world under his dominion. And 

^.rough the whole folly and wickednefs of man, and liis reft- 

is fplrit, ever given to change, her conquefts already have 

ien great ; in fo much that we' have feen her, * as God, 

Lting in the temple of God.^ Nay, though wherever fhe 

is come the etlecls^of her prefence have been fuch as you 

-.ave now beheld, the eyes of the fim pie ones are not yet 

opened ; and there are even thofe who would gladly expel 

from among them, the true and friendry Liberty ^ that they 

might give her place to this pernicious ihadovv^. But be not 

thou of their number ; remembering that of fuch it was 

long fince written, " while they prcmife you L^iberty, they 

themfelves are the fervants of corruption.'' 

Good-intern aifured the Irderprder^ that what he had \^^\\ 
".vould fufficiently fecure him againft the perfuafion of all 
v;ho fought to eftabliiii the empire of Anarchy^ through the 
deceits of the forcerefs his fifter. ^' But, Sir,^'* added he, 
" what you have fhewn me concerning thefe two. iaft fights 
has rendered me fo much the miore impatient to hear v/hat 
you will tell me of the next ; which was the firft thing, of 
all that I met with in the palace of Mr. PhilofcpJyy. whence I 
derived any fufpicion that I was^-am.ong thofe who were the 
enemies of my king ; and though, from that moment, I 
ceafed to give implicit credit to all he faid, yet do 1 feel that 
your explanations are ve^V necefTary to fet my mind at eafe, 
and to relieve it from the evil imprefiion which, contrary to 
my v/ill, he made on it.'* 

The InHrpreter^ gladly complying with his requeft, then 
Xtdi him away to another place, v/hence they could fee the 
Vv'oman v/ho v/ore on her breafl tlie bloody crofs, exulting 
over the afhes of thofe who had been confumed by the flam^e 
which proceeded olit of her m.outh. 

" In this fcene," faid the Inter prcter^ '• more clearly th?.n 
in any other, ma^ be traced the w^les of him 3vho fought 

your 



THE PROGRESS OF THE 



! 



your deftratTtlor. Ke could not have devifed more efFeflual 
iTieans to engage you in that pretended war, which he pro- 
fciTes to wage aganift Superjlltton and Defpotifniy than by fliew- 
lug you, in all their horrors, the deeds of this execrable 
. 'ie:ch, who is indeed, as he told you, the daughter oi Super- 
Ji.iod^ gnd to whom D^fpotym has frequently delegated his 
powei* ; bat whereas he wouM have -perfuaded you, that in 
this deformed and cruel monfter you beheld the figure of 
Chryllanity^ cait yout eyes upward, aiid fee whether there be 
even any ihadow of rciemblanGe,fuch as could deceive the mod: 

Then (jGod-inknt looked up, and I*e beheld, feated above 
the clouds, another female figure, who in her appearance; 
bore the afpecl of an angel of light, and the excellence of 
whofe beauty ailonimed the eyes of all who were able fteadi- 
ly to look upon her. Celeitial love, firm faith, and ecftatic 1 
hope, b:^arned on her count-enance > and in her hvmd ihe wore 
a banner, v/hereon was infcribed, " Glory to God in the 
liighci, and on earth peace and good v\^ill towards men." 

G''.W-i/2^V/?/ gazed ^enraptured on the glorious vifion ; and 
the Interpreter again addreilirig him, '* She whom thou now ; 
feeH:,'^ faid he, *• is ChrUliaruty ; and fuch as ihe now appears 
to thee has ihe ever been ; for her heavenly fubftance is fuf- 
ceptible of no change nor decay. ])ut fhe who fits below, 
v/hofe true name is f*erfecutiony has ever been her mod invet- 
erate foe. When Cbri/Iianity firft appeared to blefs niankind, 
the v/hole race of Supcrjlition openly took arms againft her, 
avA ftrove to drive her back to her native abodes; but 
wlien, in defpite of fuch enemies, her power prevailed, they • 
fcon feigned themfelves her fervants, affumed her enfigns, 
and pretended her authority even for the flaughwCr of her ^ 
own mod faithful friends ; and latterly, as thou haft, already 
heard, her very name has bt'^n afcribed to this fiend Per/ecu- 
tion, by thofe who fet their moutK againft the heavens, and 
who hope, under that pretence, to accomplifii their treacher- 
onrs defigns againfc her. But look a.ttentively, and fee what 
follows.*^ . ' - , ^ 

Then Good-int^nt looked, and behold 1 Chrijl'ianity fpread 
her.y^ings, aud defcended towards them in all her. bright- 
nefs : as Ihe approached, the earth feemed to feel her infiu- 
ence^ aud all things that were on it to rejoice in her prefence. 

Avertin.c: 



PILGRIM GOOD-: :. x- 

Averting her eye?, left they iKould be polluted by the f^glit 
'^^' her enemy's cruelties, (lie alighted on the ground ; anci as 
J waved her banner, every veitige of horror quickly vanifh- 
ed away ; and Perjecuiwn herfelf dropped the vs-Iiite gar- 
ments which flie had worn but to defile them, and rh,e-iacred 
enfign which her crimes had occaiioned the ignorant to biaf- 
pheme, and, appearing in all her native defornfiity, Hed. ppJe 
and trembling, from the face of tl.e offended power, I'heu 
C^^od'hiteni looked, to fee whither Ihe would betake herfelf; 
.:d much was he furprifed to perceive that fhe went ftraiglit 
to the houfe of Mr. Phihfophy ; and behold ! Mr. Philofophy 
himfelf came forth to meet her ; and, having comforted and"' 
embraced her, he put into her hand a phial, of which when 
fhe had drank *i:he contents, her Itrength and boldnefs were 
renewed. Then he clothed her in other garments ; and^ 
having put a fword into her hand, he fet her forth, to renevr 
her oppreiiions over the face of all the woHd. 

^< What am I to think of this V faid' GoDd-htfent z " Is it 
jflible that Mr. Philofophy caruhave entered into a league 
ith her, whole bloody deeds appeared to have inipired ]-iru 
< ith fo much horror r" 

" He will reach her to reSne on all lier former cruieltlef,'' 

replied the Interpreter / " for, however he .mJgnt inveigh 

againil her, while he pretended to coniider her as the minif- 

.r of your king, lie was all the time well aware how valua- 

■^ her affiftance might be rendered to his ov/n defi^ns. j.c;He 

_ow, therefore, engaged her in his fervice ; and where 

i arts fhall not avail, he Avili entrufb to her the advance^ 

.lent of his caufe, and the propagation of his doclrinis.'' 

" But furely they will not be permitted Icng to triumph,'^ 
lid Gocd'hitetit. 
" It is not my office," faid the Inter pretir^ " to declare tc 
ou the times and the feafons, wdiich are not yet made known 
into men. For the trial of the faitli of the righteous ?.re 
hefe things permitted on the earth ; and he who fhall en- 
ure unto tiie end, the fame ihall be faved. Wlierefore, be 
liou vigilant ; and neither fuffer thyfelf to be again feduc- 
d out of the right path by deceitful words, nor to be terri- 
ied into a' wrong one through any apprehenfion of the cruel- 
7 of Perfxutlon, fhould it fall to thy lot to be affaulted by 
,ier ; remembering by what authority thou haft been fore- 
warned 



48 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

warned " not to be afraid of them that kill the body, and 
afrcr that have no more that they can do :" feeing that He 
only ought to be the objedl of thy fear, who, " after he hath 
killed, hath power alfo'to cafl; ii^to hell." 

Kow 1 faw in my dream, that though Good-intent was 
grieved at the thought of the evils which were coming upon 
the world, he was yet much comforted in his mind, by the 
viev/ which had been afforded him of the true form of 
Chriflianlty ; and? having followed his condudlor to another 
place, the Interpreter there put a glafs into his hands, and 
bade him view through that the fcene before him. 
#' ci \i {s a glafs," laid he, " v/hich was made by no other 
than Mn Ph'dofophy himfelf ; and throtigh fuch glaffes as 
rhefe did you all behold that laft fcene, on which your ene- 
my particularly depended for the accomplijQiment of his pur- 
ioofe. It is true you .perceived them not ; for they were by 
rnagic art fjifpended in^the air before you, and their tranfpar-? 
/jeacy rendered them invifible to your eyes ; and it is in order 
to enable you to judge of their deceitful effects, that 1 defire 
vou nov/ to ufe one of the fame kind." 

Good-intent^ then lookingtdirough the glafs, faw that nume^ 
rous company of men who were feemingly fo happy in their 
.captivity^ vvidi the two deformed giants, whofe chains they 
wore. 

^« NoAV lay aude^that falfe glafs," faid the Interpreter^ 
^^ and look again." 

So he looked again, and behold a different profped pre* 
fented itfelf to his eyes. Inftead of the two giants, he now 
faw tv/o grave and venerable perfonages, whofe whole re- 
femblance to them confifted in that one wore a crown, and 
the othe^;^a mitre ; moreover, the people no longer 'appeared 
oppreffed witli a:ny bonds ; but wliile they lived in profperity 
and peace, occupied with their farms and with their mer- 
chandize, a certain number, fome deputed by their fellows, 
?.nd fome- called forward by their prince, affembled round 
!ii|ii who wore the crown, and fat with him in council, to de-' 
liberate on the meafureslfequifite to be taken for the benefit 
of the whole community ; v/hile he who v/ore the mitre affu- 
medno controul over the reft, but was occupied in inftrucl:- 
ing them with brotherly kindnefs, in the duties they owed 
to their Creator and to each other 5 fervently praying to Hin; ' 

who 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 45 

Avho evermore ruleth in the heavens, for his bleffing on them 
all. 

" Such as thou feeft," faid Mr. Interpreter^ *< is the ftate of 
thofe who are fubjecl to Lawful-government and Church-order^ 
thofe two venerable perfons, who, when viewed through Mr. 
Philofophfs falfe glafs, appeared to thee in the gigantic forms 
of Defpohfm and Superjlltirm ; monfters, who have indeed com- 
mitted the moft deplorable ravages in the earth, and whofe 
very names are therefore calculated to infpire horror ; but 
who have long fiuce been driven far from the regions 
through which thou and thv fellow pilgrims have to tra- 
vel ; and if ever they refume their empire, they will owe it to 
Mr. PhUofoJyhy himfelf ; who, by fubverting the authority of 
thofe who now maintain order in the- world, will leave the 
nations an eafy prey to thefe cruel invaders, who will fearce- 
ly negleci: fuch an opportunity of attempting the re-eftabliih- 
ment of their former power. The mirror of that phantom, 
who bore the name of Rights -of -man^ was prepared with the 
fame magical arts as the glailes, through which, unknown 
to yourfelves, Mr. Phihfophy caufed you to view the fight 
v\'hicli is now before you. The men who had been deluded 
with the appearance of their imaginary chains, were on the 
point of rebelling againfl their governors, and of involving* 
themfelves with, them in one geri^eral deftrudion ; when for- 
tunately a perfon, whofe name was Common-fenfe^ threw a 
fione, which broke the mirror ; and immediately the fpell 
was diiTolved, and public tranquillity was reftored." 

" But hold," laid Gjod-}utcra\ " though you have fo clear* 
ly fhcjwn n^e how falfely thefe things v/ere rep/efented to- me 
by Mr. Phllcfophy, yet, on looking more attentively, I difcern 
fome perfons yonder who are loaded with chains of no ima- 
ginary weiglit. Who are diey ? and wherefore are they thus 
opprefTed r 

" Thofe/' faid the Interpreter, " are a few, v/ho did not, fo 
fp.eedily as tiie reft , forget what Rights -ef man had taught 
:hem. He lutd aiTared them, that of every fpecies of proper- 
ty, which they beheld in the poffeilioh of others, they were 
entitled 10 their refpedive fliares. That it ^as allowable 
lor them to help themfelves to thofe fhares, was an infeience 
obviowily deducible from fuch a maxim ; but, unluckily for 
■'i:heiT?. in the ancient archives of the ftate, a law v/as prefer- 



i 



50 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

ved, which faiJ, * Thou ftialt not ftcal ;' and to the penalties 
impofed by that law are they now .obliged to fubmit/' 
, ^' Their bondage then is juft," faid Good-intent : " yet, if 
rulers are entrulted with a power to infii<a captivity and 
death, how can any man, who is fubjefl: to them, confider 
himfelf as in a ftate of fccurity ?" 

** Thofe rulers whom thou feeft before thee," faid the /;2- 
terpreter, " have no power to flay or to imprifon any, but 
fuch a5 are condemned by juft laws and impartial judges ; 
but were it otherwife, thy queftion was anfwercd long ago 
by one whp lived under a worfe government than thou haft 
ever fcen : " Wilt thou not be afraid of the pov/er ? Do that 
which is good, and thou Ihalt have praife of the fame ; for 
he is the minifter of Qod to thee for good : but, if thou doft 
that which is evil^ be afraid : for he beareth not the fword in 
vain. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the 
evil." Wherefore, if fecurity be thy defire, let it be thy ftu- 
Aj continually to follow after goodnefs, meeknefs, tempc*- 
rance : ag^inft fuch in no country, unlefs it be vrhere F hi lo/o^ 
■phy hath eftabliihcd hi$ dominion, is there any law.*" 

Good-ititent now declared himfelf entirely relieved from all 
ihe uneafmcfs which his former Imperfed view of things had 
left upon his mind ; and having moft gratefully thanked Mr. 
Interpreter for having thus opened his eyes to the truth, and 
^iyen him fo many excellent counfels, he profeffeJ his readi- 
Titk to fet forward again on his journey. 

But the Inlerpreter invited him to ftay with him all the re- 
xnainder of that day ; " For," imd he, you would at prefent 
find yourfclf much nioleiled~by thofe who were lately your 
companions, and who, about this time, are fetting forth on 
the erpevjition to which Mr. Philvfcphy hath impelled them ; 
.but they will foon turn into fi different road, and to-morroW 
morning you may refume your journey in peace. I cannot,, 
indeed^ promife you t]iat you vvill travel very far before you 
fall in with fome of thofe who are enemies to your king, of 
whom there are many band?, fpreading themfelves fiir and 
wide over the whole country through which you are to pais ; 
but, though it will be your duty firmly to refift fuch, when- 
ever ;t]iey attempt either forcibly or fraudulently to turn you 
from your way, it is yet ijinneceirary that you fhould volun- 
taxily encounter the nrft fury of rhefoad troop wjiich Is now 

about 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 5$ 

^h:'\i: to iflue forth, and of which, If it will gratif/you, I can 
fFord you a fpeedy view." 
Good-intent being defirous to fee them, the Interpreter led him 
an upper chamber, from which they looked diredly to- 
k'ards the houfe of Mr. Philofophy^ and could alfo defcry a 
onfiderable portion of the high road. And prefently they 
faw Mr. Ph'ilofophfs gates thro^^^n open, and a numerous com- 
pany of men rulh foith. TJiere appeared among them per- 
fons of all conditions : and Good-tntent foon diftinguifhed, in 
the miUft of the band, thofe whom he had left behmd him 
;he day before in the black temple : he alfo obferved many 
others whom he had feen among the guefts of Mr. Phllofoph^^ 
at fupper ; and particularly he remarked the men w^ith the 
.fierce couatenances, who had fat apart from the reft, and who 
ore daggers in their girdles, Thefe were now mingled 
with the others in one troop : there were, moreover, many 
w^omen in the company ; but all bore in their hands fome in- 
ftrnmcnt of death, which they waved above their heads with 
lildeous ycllings ; frequently intermixing v/ith their cries the 
moft horrid blafphemies againft Him who reigns on high, 
and threats ngiinft all men on the earth, fuch only excepted 
as ftiould, like themfelves, acknowledge no other lords than 
^ihei/m and Anarchy. Good-intcnt Was ailonifhed to fee thai , 
hofe who had beea fo recently his own companions, were 
animated by the fame frantic fpirit as the reft-5 and he could 
not forbear expreffing to the Interpreter his furprife, that, in 
fo fhort a time, they fhouid have made fo great a prcgrefs 
in ferocity ; for though he had beheld w^ith abhorrence their 
apoftacy from their King, he had yet thought fome of them 
of too mild a nature to be perfuaded to join in the exceffes 
of this defperate crew. 

" When men have once abjured the protection of their 
Creator," faid the Interpreter^ " they fall precipitately from^ 
one wickednefs to another, while there is none to uphold 
them. Thefe men, you may remember, were impatient to 
receive from dinarchy the fwords, the very touch of which, 
Mr. Philofophy aiTured them, would produce iiich wonderful" 
efFeci-s ; and in fadl, with fuch powerful drugs were thofe 
fwords charmed, that, inftantly on their grafping them, they 
were all infpired with the moft outrageous fury ; infomuch that 
Mr. Philofophy himfelf could fcarceiy reftrain them from fal- 
ling 



tst THE PROGRESS OF THE 

ling upon each other in his prefence. He foon however re- 
covered his influence over them, and fucceeded in turning 
their rage againft his enemies, whom they are now fallying 
forth to attack.'' 

" And whither will they go r" dQm^r\dQd GooAinterd. 

" They will continually be led on by delufive Ihado.v/s,'' . 
anfwered the Interpreter ; ** and, imagining that they fight 
againft Defpotifm and Superjlitmiy <^hey will wage war againft 
all who maintain the caufe oi Latoful-government T^nd Church- 
crder^ and endeavour to overthrow their fway in all countries 
where they are owned, ere^fting in their ftead that of Aiheifm 
a^d Anarchy ; nay, fuch is their arrogance? that they think 
even tp dethrone the King of the Gehjlial Clty^ to whom 
heaven and earth are fubjcd:. But wait till thou ftialt enter 
into the- iandtuary of God ; then wilt thou underftand the 
end of thefe men.'^ 

Then I beheld that the Interpreter bade Good^'mtent look 
along the road, on the which he was to travel; and at a diftance^«.| 
before them he faw a high hill. 'mm 

. " That," faid the Interpreter, " is the hill B'ljiculty, which^^ 
thou muft afcend ; but caft thine eyes to the kft, on thofe 
dark mountains, to which the path leads which is called De- 
Jirti^iofh^nd obferve that fteep and craggy one, which towers 
above all the reft ; that is the mountain of Revolution. The 
afcent of it is the firft enterprife which thofe mad men muft 
achieve. ; and hence truly it may plainly appear, that the 
children of this world are ever more regardlefs of toil, than 
the children of light ; . for few labours await thee in thy 
pilgrimage, worthy to be compared with this, which they 
are about to undertake. All the paifes about the bottom of 
the mountain are guarded by the troops of Lawful-gcvern- 
ment^ who will fally forth, and grievoufly annoy them : if 
they prevail againft thofe, they will afterwards climb up 
llippery paths, by the edge of the terrible precipices, where 
huge fragments of rock are continually giving way, and 
overv/helming travellers with fudden ruin ; and even on 
the very fummit of the mountain there are many dangerous 
bogs, nay, and that where the grafs appears the greeneft, 
where, if a man chance to tread, he fuddenly finks to rife no 
jnore. Whereas thy path, though it be difficult, is fafe, and 
thou haft the affurance that the end thereof will be everlaft- 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 53 



II 



mg life. Be not thoO, therefore, weary in well doing ;- 
while thofc who do ill neither faint through fatigue, nor fuf- 
fer themfelvcs to be turned back by the fear of any danger." 
Good-intent promifcd the Intcrpa^eter he would never be un- 
mindful of his counfels ; and then, defcending from the 
houfe top, the old gentleman led his gueft into the parlour, 
where by that time dinner was ready. After they had rifen 
from the table, he fhewed him moft of thofe fights which he 
had lieretofore fhewn to Chrt/Iiany and to Chnjiimia his wife, 
that through them the pilgrim's refolution might be the 
farther ftrengthened ; and, leading him into his garden, he 
there caufed him to drink of the waters of the well, which 
was called the well of Truth ; and after that draught, the 
pain of the hurts which he had received in the palace of Mr. 
Philofophyj which was already greatly abated, was entirely 
removed, fo that he felt them no longer. 

They ipent the reft of the evening in profitable converla- 
tion ; with which Good-intent was fo greatly delighted, that, 
had not the difcourfe of the Interpreter redoubled his im- 
patience to proceed on his journey, he could have been well 
contented to have pafled the remained of his life in his com- 
pany. In the morning he arofe early ; and, gomg to take 
leave of this kind hof!, he felt himfelf unable fiifEciently to 
exprefs the gratitude he owed him j but the Interpreter told 
him, that the moll certain evidence he could give him of it 
would be by the con ft ant obfervance of his counfels ; and 
then, bidding him God fpeed, he fuiFered him to depart. 

Now I faw in my dream that the young man went forwards 
with a good pace ; and for a little way he could plainly trace 
the footfteps of Mr. PlAhfophfs furious followers, who hadpaft 
by the day before : v/ho, as they went, had torn down the 
fences on either fide of the road, and done what mifchief 
they could in the lands adjoining ; but he perceived that 
they had turned out of that road before they came to the 
Crofiy and entered a lane on the left hand, which was their 
, aeareft way to the mountain of Revolution c 
it He was glid to lofe for a time all traces of them ; and, 
'continuing to go on, he foon came to the place where Chrif- 
tian's burden had fallen oiF his back. There he flopped ; 
and, renewing at the foot of the crofs all his good refolutions, 
be humbly implored for himfelf a participation in thofe 

benefits, 
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5+ THE PROGRESS OF THE 

benefits, which, through it, had been procured for all who 
with true, penitent hearts, and a lively faith, were followers 
of Him, by whoip only cometh falvation. After he had 
thus continued a while in prayer, he rofe, feeling himfelf in- 
wardly much ftrengthened, and proceeded on his journey. 

He had not gone far, when he perceived before him a 
youth, who appeared nearly of his own age, and who was 
travelling the fame way with himfelf, but very leifurely ; 
for he was bufied in making a garland of rofe buds, which 
he haftened to gather before they v/ithered. to adorn his hair 
withal ; and, thus employed, he paid httle attention to his 
goings, but ftepped fometimes to the right, and fometimes: 
to the left, v/ithout regarding where he fet his foot. When- 
he faw Good-Intent i however, he was much rejoiced, and threw 
away his flowers, hoping to find greater amufement in the 
company of a young pilgrim of fo pleafant a countenance.. 
^Copd4ntent alfo greeted him fairly, and inquired whether he 
were bound, like himfelf, to the Cehfttal City, 

** Certainly," anfwered the youth ; " for fmcc I find that 
I mud needs, fome time or other, quit the pleafant land of 
my nativity, I would rather go to that city than elfewhere. 
Yet I have hitherto foupd the road fo dull, that I have been 
many times in the mind to turn back.'* 

" I hope not," faid Good-intent ; " I hope you are not fo 
carelefs of your own eternal fafety, as to entertain any fiich. 
perilous thoughts." . 

** O ! not now," faid the young man ; " not while I, 
have you for a companion ; for, truly, I like your looks ; — 
and I am perfuaded that we ihrJl foon become great friends, 
and walk on very pleafantly together." 

Good-intent was not altogether fo well \>\c?Std with Iris new 
affociate^ as his new affociate was wi^h him ; yet, feeing thar 
they were travelling the fame way, and that the young man ex- 
preifed fo friendly a difpcfition towards him, he returned 
him a fuitable anfwer, and was contented for the prefent to* 
walk on in his company. Then they aiked each other o£: 
their names and extradion : and the young man faid that 
his name was Light-mind, and that he came from the town of^ 
Thoiightkjfnefs, in the valley of Idlenefs. 

Good-intent. ** And what adventures have you met with 
fince you fct out from your country?" 

Light-mind.. 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. S5 

Light-mnd. " Adventure's ! TruJy notie ; unlefs you call 
It an adventure to walk ftrait forwards by myfelf, and hear 
the:croakings of the ravens in the hedges." 

Good-intend. " How ! Did Mr. Ph'dofophy let you pall> 
without making an attempt to inveigle you into his palace !" 

Light-mind, " O ! You mean the large new houfe, that 
ftands on the left fide of the way. Why, indeed, as I paffed 
over a bridge near the gate, a man came forth to me, and 
counfeiled me to drink of tl>e water of the ftream ; but I 
was not thirfty, neither was the water inviting to mine eye, 
fo 1 refufed ; however, he ftill went on perfuading me, if I 
would not drink, yet to go to the houfe ; and, as he told me 
1 Ihould be well entertained there, I might poffibly have 
confented to follow *him, had I not feen a company of men 
walking in the pleafure grounds, who, he faid, were fome of 
his mailer's chief friends ; and a more fhabby? beggarly fet I 
never beheld. So, affuring myfelf there could be no com- 
pany there fit for a gentleman to affociate with, I would not 
demean myfelf by going among them, but walk^ed on in my 
own road. Then he who had been talking with me, reviled 
me, and went his way." 

GoodAntmt, *' I would I- had been as eafily cifended as 
you were by the ill-favoured appearance of tkofe men ; for 
by what metive foever I had been v/ithheld from entering 
the palace of their mafter, it would in the end have fpared 
me much uneafmefs. But I conclude you v/ent afterv/ards 
to the houfe of the Interpreter ; for befides the profit to be. 
reaped there, reft and refrefiament muft have been very necef- 
fary to you on your journey." 

Light-mind. ** Not I indeed I What ammement could'. 
one of my years find in the comj^any of that old grey beard ? 
Half a century hence, perhfips, fuch a companion may be 
very fuitabie to me ; but, for the prefent, rather than give 
myfelf the trouble of paying for my lodgings by patiently 
liftening to his long ftories, I chofe to put up w^ith a green 
bank for my pillow : and, as for a fupper, I was at no lofs 
on that fcore, fmce I have, as you fee, this wallet ; which, 
w^as plentifully filled with the moil dainty food by my 
mother Indulgence^ before I fet out Upon my pilgrimage." 

Now, I faw in my dream, that Good-intent was much of-' 
fended to hear his good friend, the Interpreter^ fpoken of thus 

lightly : 



f^ THE PROGRESS 0¥ THE ! 

lightly : fo he took his part with great warmth, and endea- 
voured to convince his companion how much he had been in 
the wrong in negleding to vifithim, as he had paft his houfc; 
*^ And it is much to be feared,*' faid he, ** that if you now 
avoid fuch company becaufe you are young, when you fliall 
have lived through half the century which you fo confidently 
promife yourfelf, you may no longer have it in your power 
to obtain admilTion to it." He then went on to fpeak of the 
great advantages which he himfelf had derived from his 
A^ifit to the hiterpreter ; and Light-mmd heard him with fuch 
ready acquiefcence, that Good-intent conceived great hopes that 
he Ihould foon be able to prevail with him to adopt very dif- 
ferent fentiments. So they went on, till they came to the 
foot of the hill D'ljficulty^ the fight of which d\d. rather invig- 
orate the fpirits of GoodAntent, who was eager to prefs for- 
ward and gain the fummit ; but its fteepnefs did forely d[f- 
may his companion, who profeff^d himfelf unable to attempt 
the afcent. Good-wtent earneftly conjured him not to fuffer 
himfelf to be fo eafily difcouraged, nor to give up all the 
advantages, in the hope of which he had proceeded fo far 
on his pilgrimage, rather than encounter a little difficulty ; 
and he even offered to afllft him in climbing^ though his owii' 
toil w^ould be thereby fo greatly increafedr 

On this. Light-mind v/as afliamed to refufe atvy longer ; 
*' But at leaft," faid he, " let me fit a while by this foun- 
tain, to take a little reft, before I attempt an enterprife fo^ 
troublefome ; for you ought to confider, that you have been 
fpending thefe two laft nights at the houfe of the Interpreter^ 
where you tell me you found yourfelf fo mightily at your 
eafe j whereas I have had no better a bed than the bare 
ground, fince I firft fct out from the houfe of my kind 
mother. Since, therefore, I have not partaken of the fame 
refreftments as you,- it is natural that 1 fnould feel myfelS 
more overcome by the fatigues of the way : wherefore let 
me reft myfelf a little, and afterwards I will go forward with 
you." 

Good-Intent made no objection to this propofal, though oit^ 
his own account he felt little inclination for reft. So they 
fat down by the fide of the fpring, and Z/fg/j/w/W opened his^ 
wallet, and took out feme cakes ; but Good-intent had a 
bunch of dried fruit, which bad been given to him by the 

Interpreter ; 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 57 

hterprekr ; and I faw that each did oj9Fer to the other part of 
his fare, but each liked his own the heft ; fo they did eat and 
refrefti themfelves, and they .rank of die water of the fpring; 

While they were thus fitthig, on a fudden they heard on 
their right hand a noife of melodious mufic, which was as 
that of many inftruments, fkilfully played on, and well ac- 
corded together, accompanying the voice of a finger, which' 
in fweetnefs far furpaffed them all. By degrees the found 
drew nearer ; and the pilgrims rifing, and advancing a few 
paces towards it, they defcried^ coming down the path that 
was called Danger^ a company of beautiful nymphs, of whona 
fome were the muficians who formed this rare ccmcert, and 
the reft, dancing to the meafilre, encircled one, who appear- 
ed to be their miiirefs, and v/ho Avalked in the midft with a 
more than (lately deportment. Light-mind was tranfported 
"with joy at the the fight of this goodly company ; bnt Good- 
inteni h3.d learned to truft lefs to appearances; and though 
the nymphs feemed as fair in his eyes as they did in thofe of 
his companion, yet the firll thought which arofe in his mind, 
as he beheld them, was a refolution that he would not, for 
their fakes, be perfuaded to turn afide from the way which 
he knew to be the right one. 

They foon came up to the fpot where the pilgrims flood ; 
and tlie nymphs falling back, their miiirefs advanced, and 
fairly accofted the two young men. She was a gentlewo- 
man of a marvellous good mein, and though flie was not by 
nature of a fair complexion, that defect was abundantly fup- 
plied by art : fhe had a haughty air, yet withal a very enti- 
cing fnjile : flie was, moreover, very fantaftically clad ; but 
what feemed the ftrangeil to the pilgrims was, that, w^hile 
they looked at her, they beheld her garments ailuming every 
moment a new fbape or hue: even the colour of her hair 
changed before their eyes; and, inftead of a lap-dog, ihe 
carried a cameleon in her arms. '* 

*' Gentlemen," faid fhe to the pilgrims, " I will not af- 
front perfons of y©ur figure fo much, as to fuppofe you liave, 
not heard of me ; though in regard that you are young, and 
have but newly entered into the world, you have not yet pre- 
fented yourfelves at my court, to pay me the homage wrhich 
I claim from all. I am called the Lady Fafoion^ thefe 
nymphs, whom you fee in my train, are the Pkafurcs : all 

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58 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

people of condition acknowledge me as their fovereign lady 
and miftr^fs : wherefore I doubt not but that you will re- 
joice in the opportunity I now offer you of making me a- - 
mends for your paft neglef^, and of fpeedily attaining the high 
honours to which it is my cuftom to exalt my favourites.'' 

'* We are beholden to youj madam/' anfwered Good-lntenfy 
'* for the courtefy you defign us ; but before we accept it, we 
mud know what homage it is that you expecSl from us j for 
we cannot fcrve two rnafters ; neither will we leave him who 
has bound us unto him by fo many benefits, and from whom 
we look for our eTerlafting reward, to put ourfelves under 
fuch fubjedclon to any other^ as may alienate us from that 
undivided obedience which vv^e owe unto him." 

" Are you mad," wjiifpered L^ght-mind lo Gcod-inienij "to 
anfwer fo fine a lady fo uncivilly ?" 

Then iliid the Lady Fajlnon^ " You need entertain no appre- 
henfions that 1 Ihall engage you in any a'flions which can draw 
upon you the anger of your prince ; for though I do not rigid- 
ly infill that mj votaries ihall acknowledge his authority, yet, 
if It pleafes themfelves to do fo, I fey no means object to it, but 
permit them openly to profefs themfelves his fubjeds, and to 
obey fuch of his injuusfrions as are reafonable, and not impro- 
per to be obferved by pei-fons of a certain rank. All indeed 
that I require of thofe whom I favour isr that they wear fuch 
garments as 1 choofe for them, and conform to my diredions 
in a few more trifles, equally indifferent \ and, in return, I ad- 
mit them to my bower, and fhew them an eafy and pleafant 
path through the groves of Z)i^j//c7?, whereby they may pro- 
ceed on their journey, withottt giving themfelves the trouble 
of climbing up this fteep and craggy hill, a labour only fit 
to be undertaken by thofe vulgar pilgrims, whofe prefence 
would difgrace my court." 

Then I law in my dream, that Good4ntent beheld her with 
indignation, and faid, " It is indeed true, O vain and deceit- 
ful woman ! that the firft compliances which thou doft de- 
mand appear light and harmlefs ; and as we defire to live 
peaceably with all men, we would readily avail ourfelves of 
tlie liberty which is given to us to confent to thy will in all 
matters really indifferent ; but, in requiring us to turn afidr 
from the way of our Lord, thou doft fufficiently difcover to 
us thy evil purpofes ; for thofe who truly honour him efteem 

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none of his injunctions imrcalonable ; but remembering tbat 
vith him is 110 refpedt ot perlbns, will never imagine .:hat a- 
ny worldly rank can exempt its polleiFor frcm )he obligi^ilion, 
to which all men are equally fubjsil, to keep the whole law. 

Hiereiore it thou and thy train refulc to alcend this moiin- 
lin with us, th} invitations to us are vaiuj for we can in no 
'^Uq coofent to w^alk with thee/' 

** And why fhould you eiteem it Co pcceirary,'' replied the 
Lady Fcijhton^ " to afccnd thit dreary mountain? Or, if you 
are right at the lalV, wl.at can it Kgiiify which path you 
take at the beginning of your journ*/? 'Fhc road which 1 
fhall lliew you wiiids round the fcot of tlie hill D'jjiculfy j and., 
avoiding that dangercus [\\'?.mr), the valley of Huniliaiktiy is 
both the I'afefl:, and the pleaiar.tL^}. by which you can travel 
to the town of Vanity^ through which, as it is knt.wn to eve- 
ry body, you muft ne^effarily pafs ii? your way to the CehJIial 
Country ; and having once reached thit town, and partaker 
a while of its d elights, you will after wards be free to purine 
your journey onv/ards, by whatfoever path you choofe." 

Then Good-wtejit looked at the mountain, and it appeared 
to him more dreary than at fiift ; for its umimil was clad 
with icormy clouds, wliile below the air was clear, and no 
wind was felt, fave a light breeze, which wafted the mofi: 
deledable perfumes from the groves of D'iJJipatkn, Eut the 
pilgrim betho^ight himfelf of his book ; and, when he open- 
ed it, he found written therein, '^ The falhicn of this world 
paffsth away ;" *> but he that doeth the will of God, abideth 
forever." Then was his h^art fortified in his good refoiu- 
'^ions, and he refufed to liilen any longer to the pv.rfuafions 
.)f feducers ; but looking round for L'.ght-viiruU that he miglii: 
lead him alfofciward 'm tiic v/ay wherein lie was purpofe^ 
vo walk himfelf, he found him not ; for two damfels in the 
rain of Fafmoiiy Pomp and Luxury by name, had enamoured 
the fimple youth, who paid little attention to the arguments 
cf his companion, and v/ere leading him in triumph towards 
their miftrels's bov^^er* 

When Good-intent at laft defcried him, in his eagernefs to 
overtake him and call him back, he ran feme paces after him. 
Then Fofcwn^ hoping that, though he had at fii ft reliftcd her 
:*ilurements, he might nevertheiefs be vanquilhed as eafdy as 
Light -mind had been by the charms of her nymphs, commiSion- 

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^'o THE PROGRESS OF tHE 

ed them to ufe all their arts to enfnare him ; and I faW m 
my dream that, obedient to their Queen's command, Amufe- 
ment danced around him, and, feizing his hand, fportivcly 
courted him to join her revels ; and Tojle^ approaching on 
the other fid^, offered to lead him to thofe delicious groves, 
which her fkill had adorned, where ftie would cull for him 
the faireft flowers, and where delights, unknown to vulgar 
fouls, invited his enjoyment. 

Good-Intent v/as nearly overcome. He was now within 
fight of the verdant walks of tiie groves of DiJJipahon^ which 
were thronged with crowds of people in. the moft fplendid 
drefies, and in which he beheld Light-mind furrounded by a 
new company of damfels, not clad in the virgin robes which 
were vvorn by thofe who had at firft appeared, but decked 
with the jyaudv and ihamelefs attire of harlots : two of thefe, 
obfcrving the approach or Good-inienty advanced to the en- 
•trance of the grove, as ii ;.o receive him ; and he pe^'ceived 
that they beckoned to his condud:reifes, who, anfv/ering the^ 
lignal, quickened their pace, and drew him more forcibly 
along. No?v fhe, whom Amnfcment thus haftened to meet, 
v/as known by her haggard looks and fiufhed complexion, 
her intemper^ite laugh, and her half frantic geftures, to be 
Excefs ; while Prodhaliyy fcattering gold vAih both her 
hands, and catching in its- (lead at a few baubles of imagina- 
ry value, was the nymph to whom Tq/h was hurrying to 
f>refent the pilgrim. 

But the fight of thefe new aiTociates recalled refledion to 
his boiom. *j-Ie perceived that Light-mmd had advanced too 
far<o be reclaimed by his woining voice ; and he became 
coi^cious that -he v/as no longer drawn forward by any hope 
of faving his companion, hut by the chaims of the pleafures, 
to which he had too eafily yielded. Then he remembered 
that it was written, " He that refifteth pleafures crowneth 
h\s life .;" and, inftantly breaking from the grafp of his fe- 
ducers, he turned his back on the alluring groves, and ran 
with 2.11 his fpeed tov/ards the place where the dangerous 
company firft: Iiad m.et him ; nor, though Beauty KwdEU- 
gance placed themfelves in die way to attrad his eye, and 
Harmony chanted her fweetefc notes to charm his ear, would 
he once flop or look hack till he had reached the foot of the 
hill D'lfficuhyy which he immediately began to afcend ; while 



Fafluon, 



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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 6i 



Fajllon^ provoked that he had efcaped her fafcinations, con- 
foled herfelf by making him her laughmg ftock, and declar- 
ing that flie had herfelf expelled him from her boundaries, 
as a perfon unworthy to a/Tociate with her chofen band. 

Regardlefs of her feoffs, he purfued his way, and climbed 
up the fteep mountain with great alacrity, till, panting with 
fatigue, he was obliged to f^acken his pace that he might re- 
cover breath. And he now found that the difficulty of his 
way was greater than he had at nrfl imagined ; for, by rea- 
fon of a long continuance of dry \veather, the grafs, where- 
with the path he had chofen w^as overgrown, was become ve- 
ry flippery ; fo that, as he endeavoured to climb, he frequent- 
ly flid back, and could fcarcel}^ fave liimfelf from dangerous 
falls. Then he began to lament himfelf, and even to doubt 
whether it would not have been more fafe for him to have 
remained in the valley where the Pkafures abode, than to 
have attempted to climb a height too diiEcu:t for him to at- 
tain : but, endeavouring to difmifs this thought from his 
mind, he cried for help to Him, w^ho never rejects the pray- 
ers of humble pilgrims ; and was about tq redouble his exer- 
tions, when, raifuig his eyes, he faw before him a man, whofe 
raiment was of fackcloth, and whofe fpare, thin body was 
walled with long continued abftinence ; but his ilern and low- 
ering afpedl infpired Good-intent with difmay. 

" Young man," fai'd he, accofting tlie pilgrim, *' thy at- 
tempt to afcend this mountain is lauda^ble ; but thy nerves 
are relaxed by the air of the valley below, and without affift- 
>iince thy labours vill be vain. To afford fupport to faint- 
mg travellers is the office to which I am appointed by the 
l^ord of this way. If, therefore, thou hafi the courage, lean 
on diis ilaff, and follow me.*' 

. Now the ftaff which he offered to Good-hitcnt was thickly 
befet with thorns; and the path into which he led liim 
was' Oive, vrhich indeed went ftraight towards the fummit of the 
hill, but it was fo rugged, and fire wed with fuchihaq:) peb- 
bles, that he could fcarcely endure to walk in it. Yet, fear- 
ing to reject a guide whom his King had appointed- to con- 
dud him, he obeyed him with little hefitation, only deiiring 
to know his name ; and when the ftranger replied that it was 
i^tJf'dtnirJj GGcd-intent remembered that he was one vrith whom 

the 
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6i THE PROGRESS OF THE 

the falthfBl fcrvants of -his Lord had €ver delighted to walk. 
So he took the thorny ftafF; and, though he cpuld not lean 
on it without pain, yet he found himfelf perceptibly ftrength- 
cned by the hidden virtues with ^vhich it was endued; "and 
he walked forward in the rugged path, where he was no lon- 
ger in any danger of falling, but found firm fojDting for his 
fteps. He had not proceeded far, before the fteep and diifi- 
cuit^afcent was become as eafy to him as ever he had found 
it to walk on level ground ; the thonis, which at firft had 
pierced his hand, were blunted ; and as he viewed his guide^ 
his harfli features appeared to foften, and to invite familiari- 
ty, as much as at firft they had excited terror. 

GoGii'tnttnt could not forbear expreffing his furprife at .the 
alteration ; and Self- denial ^ -im Iling with an air of • benignity, 
replied unto him, ** ^ is true that thofe who are ftrangersto 
me do in general fuppo'e me their enemy ; and thofe only 
difcover in m^- a friend, whofe zeaLfor their King induces 
them to prefer the afcent of this rpountain to the flowery 
paths of -the Pleafures.'^ 

« Alas, Sir r' faid Good^intent, '< I fear that I have little 
claim to the kindnefs which has been fhewn unto me, feeing 
that 1 did myfelf wander from the ftraight roadjin the compa- 
ny of thofe bewitching damfels ; and though I quitted them 
at laft, I knew not what. degree. of guilt I may Imve contra<5t- 
td, by fuixering them to lead me fo far/' 

Fear not," replied. ihe guide ; *' the Pleafures are harmlcfs 
companions, till fuch time as they introduce their votaries 
to the Vices; who compofed that fecond female band which 
you beheld in th^ grove of Dj/fipntion. Thofe of the firft 
company, h^d you not quitted them when you did, v\^ould 
foon have forfaken you ; for they feldom venture beyond the 
outflclrts oi that dangerous grove, becaufe VexaHcn-of'/plrify 
a fiend, vs^hofe very afpe<5l is fatal to them, is continually 
fialking through its patJis. Though, therefore^ at the com- 
mand of FaffAon^ they frequently condud unwary pilgrims 
thither, they <^nter not themfelves j nor indeed, though they 
tire now in alliance with tlie Vices^ do they take any delight 
in their fociety ; for they v/ere criginally attendant on the 
Vivtiits ; from whofe fervice though they have been feduced, 
they ilill meet them with joy, and often affociate v/ith them.: 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTE^rr. 63 

nay, fomctimes, difgufted with the caprices of Fti/Jj'iotiy who 
vainly boafts her empire over them, tliey quit her train, and 
W-alkVor a confiderable way with pilgrims who are tfavelling 
towards die Cthjial City. But though, for a feafoti, it is not 
forbidden to converfe with them, yet, in their prefent dege- 
nerate ftate, they are compamons whom it is dangerous to 
entertain without continual fufpicion and millruil 5- fmce he, 
who, regardlefs of die prize of his high calling, becomes alover 
of pleafurc more than a lover of GoD,foon learns to content him- 
felf with earthly joys, and no longer feeks thofe nobler Pkafures 
which are above ; but, following thefe blind and inconftant 
guides, is fooner or later feduced into forbidden paths, where 
he finally makes fliipwreck of his hopes, and becomes a mifera- 
b!e caft-away/' \ 

" But, I pxTcj yau," f lid Good-intmi^ fint^e yen have had 
the kindnefs to impart fo m.uch unto me, tell me yet farther 
who this Lady Fcjh'ion is, and what can be her motive for 
defiring to entice fa many innocent pilgrims intb the path of 
Danger ?'' ^ 

" To refolve this queftion," aniwered Mf-dtmaU " I mufl 
remind you, that, as flie herfelf did craftily urge unto you, 
the road to the CekfSml City lies through the town of Vanity,' 
Now, v.'hea your cmcellor Chi-yluzn paifed that way, he found 
the whole town in fabjedlion to its prince Beelz^lubj and all 
the men who dwelt there enemies unto thofe who ferved the 
heavenly King ; but after that Faithful had, by his death, 
glcriouily given teftimony to the truth, many were converted 
unto it; info much, that when Chrl/Iiana and her company 
came there, they met with very hofpitable entertainment at 
the houfe of Mr. Man-fan, and found many good friend^?, 
with whom they fpent pleafantly all the time which it was 
meet they Ihould pafs at that place. Tlie jiumber of thefe 
favourers of pilgrim!^ has ever fmce continued to increafe, to 
the great injury of the fair which is held there, and of thofe 
who traffic in the kind of merchandize which is expofed in it 
for fale ; travellers, who are on their way to a better country, 
not caring to encumber themfelves with fuch vain and perifh- 
able commodities. Wherefore, upon a time Beelxehub himfelf 
called together the chief men of his party in the town, and 
bade them devifefome means of remedy ; andfome faid on 

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^4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

this Wife, and fome on that. But when none of them could 
propofe any effedual expedient, this Lady Fa/bton appeared, 
and prefented herfelf before the council. Now fiie was a per- 
fon well known in the town, being the daughter of Madam 
Bulhky (flie that had almoft been too hard for Stand-fafi xhc 
pilgrim,) and morover nearly related to all the chief fami- 
lies of the place : Beehebuh, therefore, did readily grant her 
an audience ; and ftie reprefented that the moft proper feafon 
to attack pilgrims, and to ftrive to feduce them from their 
Lord, v/as not v/hen they had proceeded fo far on their jour- 
ney as to have reached that place, but rather when they were 
firft beginning to perceive the difficulty of the way they had 
chofcn ; and The obferved that the path called i),:7«^^r, which 
turned oif at the foot of this mountain, did indeed lead to the 
tov/n of Vanity^ but to a quarter of it remote from thcfe 
jflreets, through which lay the road to the CeJcfl'w.l City. She 
therefore propofed to engage the Plcafurcs in her train, and 
to lie in wait near the fpot where fhe met you, for young and 
unwary pilgrims ; and her fcheme proving acceptable to her 
prince, he im.mediately empowered her to execute it. And 
her fuccefs has been anfwrable to her promifes : you ap- 
proached i^ufficiently near to the grove ox D'rfipaticny to fee 
how numerous a company was aflembled there. When thofe 
whom flie has feduced firft enter it, every objed appears to 
them as delightful as it feemed to you ; but the fcene foon 
alters, as the Pkofures vanifh. Of thofe who are enticed 
thither, fome, lofing fight of thofe gay nymphs, are met by 
Vexation'Of-fpirity from whom though they fly, they find it 
im.poflible to avoid him ; till, haraifed by his continual pur- 
fuit, a few of them bethink themifelves of returning to the 
right w^ay, and, having regained it, are even miore zealous in 
walking therein, than thofe who never have forfaken it. But 
the greater part of the votaries of Fajhion become an eafy 
prey to that fecond company of damfels, fent forth by Beel^e- 
bub himfelf to compafs their ruin. Thofe whom you faw at 
the entrance of the grove, Vvere the kaft deformed of their 
band: had you advanced further, you would have met \vith 
Renjellhigy Drunkennefs^ Irreliglon^ Immorality^ Contempt -of -parents^ 
Pride^ Contention^ Sabbath-breaking, Adidtery^ with many more, 
whofe very names it is irkfome to report. Had you form.ed 

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FILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 65 

ahy felIo\vfhip with thefe, you would imiilediatdy have fal- 
len under lubje(5>inn to the power of their infernal mafter, nor 
would any pofiibility of efcape have remained for you, but 
by climbing up the precipitous rock oi Repent ancey in compari- 
fon with which, the afcent of this hill of Difficulty is eafy and 
pleafant. Till in the fomitains of water which gulh f©rth 
from its clefts, you had wafted away every (lain which yoU 
had contracted from the Flees with whom you had aifociated, 
the Furies i Gitllt, Remorfe, and Dcfpondencey wQiild have purfu- 
ed you with their fnaky whips ; and even when you had gain- 
ed the fummit, Ll-hahit would have aifaulted you, with the in- 
tent to hurl yon backwards into the abyfs below. But great- 
er terrors await thofe, who either want courage to tread the 
path oi Repentance^ or v/ho, delighting in the company of the 
Vices J blindly follow whitherfoever they lead. As they ad- 
vance farther in the way oi Danger y ExtravagancehMTxi^s {oxn^ 
into the pitfalls of i?^'i/7 y while Gam-ng fyxQ^ids her nets for 
others, in which when they fhidthemfelves entangled, they 
madly, f^ize the dagger of 5a;*^ii/^. Others, milled hj Faifi- 
hc7i5ury are ^-i<id^nly cut oiF by the murderous hand of Duel- 
Img ; and thofe who efcape thefe deaths, yet have' to encoun- 
ter i)///'^?^'^' ; a many headed dragon, who open^ to devour 
them his hundred mouths, each dropping a diiFe rent but mor- 
tal poifonv The few who furvive and reach the town of 
Vanity, are fti 11 followed by their- never- weary perfecutar, 
Vexation- of -fpirlt ; they are eager' to efcape from him; yet, 
finding in the part of the town which they have entered no 
traces of the road" which they had formerly been told kd to 
the CelejTiai Cityy they are deterred from any attempt to feek 
for it, by Evil-ccmjcierc^i who whiipers to them, that i{ any fuch 
road exifts, they will no longer be deemed woithy to walk in 
it- They therefore gladly follow the guides, whom the 
prince of that place provides, for them : by v^om they are 
led back through bye ways, to the houfe of Mr. Phllofophy^ 
which you pafled before you -arrived at the Interpreter's ; and 
there Ignorance- and FoHy condudt- thefn blindfold into the 
black temple of Aihnfmy where they remain till the period 
when they are taken thence, to be leierved in everlafting 
chains, under darknefs, unto the judgment of the great day. 
Such' arc the fates which await thofe who follow earthly 

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66 THE PROGRESS O^F THE 

Pleafures into forbidden paths ; while the voice of Joy and 
Health is continually in the dwellings of the righteous ; who^ 
ufing this world, but not abufmg it,, have alone the promife 
of true happinefs in this life, as well as of evei'lafiing glory 
in that which is to come." 

Good-intent heard this difcourfe v;ith ftrong emotions of 
horror at the dangers which he had efcaped, and alfo of 
thankfulnefs to his King, who had appointed him fo excel- 
lent a guide as Self-denial. Inftead of being wearied by the 
difficulty of the way, he now found it became fo eafy to him, 
that he would have been contented to afcend a fteeper m.oun* 
tain,ibr the fake of the benefits which he v/as fenfible he de- 
rived from the fociety of fuch a cornpaniou. When they 
had proceeded together as far as it was at that time requifite 
Self-denial fhould accompany him, they parted ; and I faw in 
my dream that Good-intent went onwards alone, till it was al- 
.mofl dark, vrhen he dinoly dcfcricd before him a houfe, at 
no gi'eat diftance ; and while he was confidering v/ithin him- 
felf whether or not it were the houfe Beautiful^ at which he 
meant that night to lodge, the door of it was opened, and a 
man came forth to meet him, inviting him to enter. Then 
the pilgrim afked him whether the houfe to which he belong*^ 
ed were indeed the fame as he fuppofed it to be. 

** Undoubtedly,'^ faid the man ; " this is no other than 
the houfe Beautiful^ the habitation of the Virtues ; and it is 
my ofEce, as their porter, to admit fuch guefls as are worthy 
to be entertained by them.'' 

When Good-Intent heard this, he gladly accompanied him 
, tov/ards the houfe ; and as they went along, the pilgrim 
looked for the lions, which he knew had formerly been kept 
there. He perceived that there were indeed two animals 
v/ho lay at no great diftance from the portal, one on either 
iide : they did not appear to him fo large as any lions which 
he had elfewhere feen ; but he could not by that light 
diftindly -obferve their fnapes : however, he was careful not 
to approach them too near, though- he concluded that they 
were afleep, becaufe he did not hear them roar. 

When he had entered the porch, he requefted the porter to 
let his miftrelTes know that he was come there to aik for en- 
tertainment and lodging, fuch as he had heard it was tlie 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. C- 

cuftom of that lioufe to afibrd to pilgrims ; and to prove 
that he had good claims to the hofpitality he lought, he was 
proceeding to tell of what parentage he came, and how he 
had entered the way by the IVic/icJ-gate, according to the r^les 
prefcribed for all pilgrims by the king of the country whither 
he was bound ; but the porter interrupted him. 

" It is indifferent to us,'' faid he, "-from what lineage you 
ipring, and In what paths you have walked 5 we account it 
foiiicient if your foul be poiTeffed with a deiire to behold and 
to love the fair damfels who inhabit this manfion ; and, pro- 
vided your heart beats in fympathctic concord with theirs, 
you are free to regulate your conducl by whatfoevcr lav/s 
your own natural temperament may lead you to prefer." 

"I know," fa Id Good-Intent, that there are {qtciq, who 
think w^orks of no avail, provided the faith be right ; 
but I did not expecl to find that doclrine profeffed In this 
houfe, in fo extenflve and dangerous a fenfe, as 1 underftand 
your words to imply." 

With that the porter fmiled. " Yon "will be as little q> f/f 
tioned here," faid he, " about your faiah, as^ about your 
Vr^orks. The a&dions of the heart are all that my jniftreilcs 
regard : from what principles they fprlRg, or to what .actions 
they impel, we, here confider as alike immaterial. There- 
fore, w^hether thou -be a defcendant from Chrlftlati^ or a difci- 
ple oi Bramahy w^hethcr thou be by profeiiion a robber, an 
aflaffin,. or a faint — if thy heart glov/ with a facred entliu- 
fiafm in the caufe of the Moral-virtue >, enter ! freely enter 
their confecrated abode P' 

The porter then rung the bell, and a damfel appeared, to 
T^^hom he gave it in charge to condud Good-wtent to her 
miftrefs. The darnfel was fair, and feem.ed very richly attir- 
ed ; but her drefs was fo much covered with ornaments, that 
its true texture could not be difctrned. The pilgrim v/as 
not much pleafed with the difcourfe of the porter, which, 
however, he did not very clearly comprehend ; but he felt 
fo fecure- of receiving edification from the inftrudlions of the 
venerable matrons within, that he did not hefitate to follow 
her who offered herfelf as his conductrefs ; to whom, as they 
paffed along, he exprefTed his impatience to join in the devo- 
tions of P/V/v, to receive the lelTons of P/t^^?/^^, and to partici- 
pate 




68 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

pate in the happinefs which the hand of Chanty difFufcd 
around. 

When he fpoke thus, the damfel who was with him flop- 
ped, and, looking at him with fome furprife;^ <« You mull 
certainly, Sir,'* laid (he, " know very little of the prefent 
ftate of things in general^ and of this fomily in particular, if 
you call my miftreffcs by fuch antiquated namesr'* 

" Hovv !'' faid Good intent y " does this houfe belong to 
any other raiftrefles than thofe I mentioned ?" 

*< O no !" replied the damfel ; " thofe ladies are Rill the 
owners of the manfion ; only they are now known by more 
modern and 'expreffive appellations. She, whom you call 
Charity^ has aifumed the name of Philanthropy ; ^nd Prudence 
is dignified by the title of Mental -energy. As for their elder 
fifter Piety J fl'^s, poor gentlewoman 1 was always fubjedl to 
occaQonal diilraelions of mind, when the moon was at the 
full ; and fome time lince, her judgment became fo much 
ja|veakened, that fhe ran away from her fiftorsj and wandered 
H')Out the country, to tabernacles and conventicles, whereup- 
on her ffiends, willing to hide her failings fi'X)m the world, 
{hut her up in a private mad-houfe. oince then, my 
miftre/Tas have taken to live widi them a younger fifter of 
theirs, wzxtitA Senfihllky^ a very, amiable pcrfon, whofe merits 
were formerly little knowm, becaufe fhe had the misfortune in 
her youth to Tcv3ixxj Common-fenfe ; a churl, w^ho mifufed, and 
often confined her ; but at laR, Mentrd-cmrgy found means to 
free her from the bondage in which he held her, and to bring 
her hither ; and her hufoand, after nlaking a few inefFe<flual 
attempts to perfuade her to return to hin>, has now ceafed to 
moled her, or even, it is faid, to wiilv for her company." 

Good-intent expreifed much aftoniihment at this recital.-^ 
" Since fo many alterations," faid he, " have taken pla<:e in 
a family where I fo littk expedledto meet with any change, 
I need no longer think it extraordinary thait your porter 
{hould be fo unlike the defcription I had heard of him who 
W3.S called IVatchfuI J who formerly lived here i. nor that your 
appearance fbould^ fo little refembk that of the damfels Di/- 
cretlon and. Humb'.e'7nindj ^who received tnyanceftorsfo kindly." 

" Thofe three perfons dieda long while' fince," replied 
{he J the prefent porter is called ^S'^/m'/w^;?^, and my name is 

Rejinemcnt ^ 



PILGRIxVi GOOD-INTENT. 69 

JR.eJ:ii€mcnt ; we bdth came here juft about the time v/hen 
Piety eloped*^* 

As fhe ended thefe words, (he threw open the doors of a 
fpacious falon, in v/hich her miflrefles were Atrirg. Their 
employments occafioned new furprife to Good-hhtetit- Phllan- 
ihropyi^t in the window witli a tele/cope, looking through the 
Ihades of night, which had now totally overfpread the earth, 
for invifible objedls of benevolence, in unknown regions. — 
Madalcntrgy held in her hands a Hint and fteei, and flruck 
out fparks, which, when her foftering breath had blow-n them 
into fiame, had power to caufe tiie heart to beat with ten- 
fold violence ; while the fumes of the fmoke, afcending to 
the head, occafioned adizzinefs of the brain, and a fulpcn- 
fion of theS'eafoning faculties. .S'i.-z/?/////)' lay on a fofa, half 
bending herfelf over a young afs's colt, whicli fne tenderly 
care/Ted, and bedewed with a copious fiiower of tears. 

The entrance of the pilgrim, however, interrupted their 
occupations ; and they all rofe to receive him, though withr^ 
different demeanours. Phllanthrophy had fo much weakenecl 
her eyes by die continual ufe of her telefcope, thPct flie vras 
now become unable to difcern any but diilant objedts ; ad- 
vancing, therefore, haftily, to receive the gneft, whom Rcfine- 
meni announced to her, Ihe ran full againft him, not perceiv- 
ing where he flood, and almcft pufned him dcv/n : Mental^ 
energy^ difdaining common formis, took little notice of him ; 
but foft 6*^^W//i?j eagerly threw her arms around the youth, 
and, gazing on his comely form, forgot her afs, and wepc over 
him. 

Good'tntent \vas a little difconcerted by the condufc of each 
of the fillers ; but when he had at lact difengaged himfelf 
from the unexpected embrace of the younger, he fat dov/n bf 
them, and attempted to converfe with them. Their m.odcf. 
of expreffion vrere, however, fo new to him, that he profited 
much lefs from their difcourfe than he had hoped to do. — 
When fa pper was ferved up, he w^as glad ; for he felj^him- 
feif in need of fome refreihment, after the fatigue of tha<: 
day's pilgrimage ; but, though the banquet appeared very 
plentiful, yet, when the flowers which had garnifhed tli:^ 
dilhes were removed, he could fnd no ibod ftifticiently lub- 
ftantial to fatisfy his hunger^ 

However, 



70 THE PHOGRESS OF THE 

However, after the meal 'was endec^, his three hofteih^^ 
feemed to take more puins than they had done before to ren- 
der their conrerfation intelligible to him ; and Mental-energy ^ 
addreffing herfelf to him, entered into a long harangue 
againO: the various prejudices which had fo long enflaved 
the human mind, and the manifold abufes which cultom had 
Introduced into the world. It was now time, fiie afferted, 
that men Ihould tirink for themfelves ; and, inftead of refpeift- 
ing any opinion bccaufe, forfooth, they had received ft from 
their fathers, they ought to require no other proof of itj5 
fallacy, than that perions fo credulous and fo ignorant had 
believed it to be true. 

She would have expatiated longer on this fubje«fl, had not 
Se?ifihUi^y interrupted her by a frefli fhower of tears, vrhich 
flowed at the recollection of the fufferings of the many hap- 
lefs vidims of thofe prejudices and cuftoms, againft which 
hei filler was dechiiming. When her voice could find a 
5)a{rage, fhe recounted to Good-hittnt many a doleful tale of 
fons of Gmlus-t v/hofe great and elevated fouls had fcorned 
to be confined within the narrow rules of juilice ; and of 
daughters of Ttndernpfs^ who had yielded to the didlates of 
nature, and of their own amiably frJceptible hearts, but who, 
in confequence, had been branded with obliquy by civilized 
fociety ; while fome of their number, ftill more unfortunate, 
had been configned by the mercilefs laws of their country to 
prifons, banifhment, and death. 

To divert the melancholy which narratives like thefe were 
nicely to infpire, Philanthropy next took up the dlfcourfe, and 
began to detail her plans for the general felicity of all man* 
kind. Of the prefent generation fhe faid little ; onlyreSbm- 
mending afT objefe of the rnoft particular benevolence, thofc 
whom narrow minded zealots, reprobated as tranfgreifors of 
every law, divine and human ; but fut'ire ages claimed her 
greateft attention ;" and, how;„difEcult foever it might be to 
judge what the intereft and ♦inclinations of men yet unborn 
might lead them to defire or to fliun, (lie contended that the 
flicrifice of myriads of the prefent race, and even the xmiver- 
fal temporary fubftitution of mifery for happinefs, were eligi- 
ble means, if through them the mod remote poffibility of any 
future Gontliigcnt good might be attained. 

The 



PILGRIM .GOOD-INTENT. 71 

The capacity of Good-hiicnt was not fufikiently clear to 
comprehend the arguments by . which ILe fupported her 
opmions-; and though he laboured to attend, yet, the toils 
the day .contributing to overpower him, he at laft found 
himfdf miable to rcfift the drowfmefs which came upon him. 
Wherefore, taking the opportunity of a paufe in herdifcourfe, 
he requeft^d leave to retire to his chamber ; and his three 
hoftefles confented to his petition, though not without expreff- 
ingfome difpleafure atthe coldnefsAnd wantof enthuliafm with 
which he had heard their difcourfe. 

He did not, however, fall afieep io foon as lio. had exped- 
ed ; for when he was alone, tlie recQllcftion of what had 
paffed occupied his mind, c.c\d afforded him much fabjedl for 
reflexion. He confidered that the opinions of Mental- energy 
and of Fhilan^^rBpy led io many conclufions, no lefs abfurd 
than dangerous ; and as for the perfons whofe misfortunes 
had called forth the tears of to/T^iAVy, howe^ver their condud 
might h^ve been gloffed over in her difcourfe, he did not 
hefitate to determine, that all the calamities whicii had be- 
fallen them had 'been the natural confequence, and the juft 
reward, of their own evil deeds. ** O that Piety ftiil dwelt 
in this houfe !" fard he ; ** for I perceive that, while fiie is ab- 
fent, her Sifter-'vlrtues merit no confidence, let them diltin- 
guifli themfelves by what new names they may.-' 

Being impatient to quit a fociety in which he «ras much 
difappointed to find him^felf fo liitle edified, he refolved to 
purfue his journey, as foon as he fliouid have obtained a 
fight of thofe rarities which he remembered it had always 
been the cuftom cf that houft to ihew unto the pilgrims. — 
In ll^e m.ornmg, therefore, he tcjd the three iiftcrsthat he 
undcrftood there were laid up in their poflelTion m.any curious 
records ; alfo many famous weapons, v/herewith the mighty 
men of old tim^e had achieved notable expl-oits ; and he fignifi- 
ed withal his defire of being admitted to a fight of thefe. — • 
So they readily confented to iliew him the room in which all 
their rarities were kept ; but, as they were on their way 
thither, Phllanthi'opy ami SerifihUity informed him that they had 
difcarded from their colledlion thofe ancient weapons, con- 
cerning vv^iich he had inquired, becaufe the ufes which had 
b-v^en made of tliem by their former owners, namely, by 



72 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Jofljita^ Samfifony Gideon, and the reft, had been too favage 
and Amguinary, ^'^ch as no friend to humanity could reflect 
on without the moft painful fenfations ; the very idea of war 
exciting horror in a feeling mind ; and every foldier who 
bore arms in (what he was pleafed to ftyle in mockery) the 
iC- vice of his country, defei'.ing to be reprobated by univer- 
fai nature, as the bafe tool of barbarous defpots, and the 
hired afllulin of his fellow men. , 

Having received this previous notice, Gocd-tnient vr2.s con- 
fiderably furprifed, on entering the room, that the firft ob- 
ject on which he caft his eyes (hould be a heap of cannon 
balls and grape fiiot, and befide it a pile of fwcrds and pikes, 
dropping with recent blood. He could not forbear aiking 
how ladies of fuch companionate difpoutions could have af- 
forded, a place in their repofitory to tliofe inftruments of 
death. 

" We honour thefe," faid Mmial-energy^ "as inftruments of 
inftrudion ; and as fuch, fome of our moft valued friends 
liave made a glorious ufe of them, in fubverting the preju- 
dices of infatuated nations, who could no otherv/ife be taught 
to pi'efer light to darknefs,, and emancipation to bondage." 

'* ¥/hat light, or what emancipation," cried the pilgrim, 
can have been communicated to the perfons, whofe blood is 
Ilill reeking on thofe fatal blades r" 

'' The fufferings of individuals are of no importance,'* 
anfwered Mental-energy^ " when put in competition v/ith the 
univerlal good of the human fp^cies. A mind truly great 
will rife above the paltry conii deration of the deftruiihon of 
a few quiet, but mean -fpiri ted nations, by fire and fword, if 
by fuch means the power ox the guardians of Z./T'^r/); cr4i be 
extended." 

Now GoQilintcnt^ during tins time, had fixed his eyes on an 
cn.oine which was new to him. In its form it refembled an 
axe ; but it was fufpended by ropes v^ithin a wooden frame ; 
and he ailced his condudreffes for what ufe it was intended. 

" That," faid Philanthropy^ ^^ is an inftrument dear to hu- 
manity ; for by it more than a. million of the enemies of the 
human race have been fwept from the earth*" 

" What enemies ?" faid the pilgrim ; " Is it defigned as a 
gin for the delhux^tion of wolves or of ferpents ?" 



I 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 73 

** Of monfters more deteftable than either,'' replied 
Philaruhropy ; ** of defpots and their minions." 

While (he fpoke, Good-intent looked into a baiket which 
flood behind the axe; and behold ! it was full of human 
heads. " What do 1 fee !'' cried he ; " do you, who call your- 
felves the friends of humanity, authorife fuch a {laughter as 
this ? 1 perceive the heads of men, of women, nay, of chil- 
dren ; where fhall we feek for the enemies of the human 
ipecies, if not among thofe who have perpetrated this execra- 
ble maffacre V^ 

" In giving my fan<5lion to it,'' faid Phiia?iihropyy " I con- 
fider not the prefent race of men, which might probably 
have enjoyed greater tranquillity, had the ancient order of 
things been fufFered to continue 5 but my enlarged view 
comprehends, at one glance, all future ages. The human 
fpecies, thus purged of its drofs, will gradually refine itfelf, 
till it ihall have attained univerfal perfection ; and when no 
trace even of the polierity of the foes of Liberty inall be left 
upon the earth, her friends will feait undifturbed on tlie 
fruits of her glorious tree, w^hicli fhall flourifli in no foil, 
where its roots are not moiitened with the blood of traitors." 

GoodHntent now turned from Philaiuhropy with horror ; 
and, obferving a bottle placed on a fiielf above, he demand" 
/ed of SenfihUky v/hat were its contents. 

" The tears of captive princes and then* orphan children," 
replied fhe. 

.. " Doubtlefs," faid he, "your ov.ti, which flow fo freely/ 
are mixed with them." 

** O no," faid fhe ; " during the filling of that bottle, I 
Was engaged as chief mourner at the funeral of an affailin ^ 
and all my tears were fhed for him." 

Now I faw in my dream, that the pilgrim was filled with 
great amazement ; and he cait in his mind who thefe perfons 
. fliould be, whofe natures agreed fo ill w^ith the excellent 
names they bore. tSo he bethought himfelf of his book, 
which had ever been his faithful eounfellor in times of need ; 
but, as he drew it out of his bofom, they who flood by mock- 
ed at him ; and Mental-energy affured him that it was unfit 
to engage the attention of a wife man : Philanthropy afferted 

that 
G 



74 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

.that all the mlferies of mankind had originated in the deCr 
trines which it contained : and Senfihtlity recoiled with horror 
from the puniihments which it denounced againft fuffering 
guilt. Neverthelefs, Good-intent grafped the book fir^ily, not 
heeding their idle clamours ; and, when he had opened it, he 
found written therein, " Ev'ery good tree brifigeth forth 
good fruit, but a corrupt tree evil fruit ; wherefore, by their 
fruits ye fhali know them." 

Then he faid to himfelf, " When I behold the fruits which 
thefe bring forth, can 1 pciTibly hefitate to believe, that their 
root is a root of deceit, and of all ungodlinefs ?" So he pi^t 
the book into his bofom, and turned himfelf about to de- 
part. 

Bitt they^ not willing fo to lofe him, fought to detain him, 
and afked him whither he was going. 

*' 1 am going," faid he, " to pbey the commands of my 
Heavenly Father, who hath warned me to fiee from all 
who defpife hi;s covenant, and rebel againfl: his laws j and if, 
to an earthly parent, obedience be an inviolable duty"- — 

" An inviolable duty !" iaid Mental-en^r^y^ with a.fcornful 
fmiie ; *' it >vas indeed imagined fixch in the ages of darknefs ; 
hut fo grievous an obftacle to the natural rights of free-born 
infants, it was one of our firfl: achievments to overthrow." 

" Wl^at !" faid Good-intent ^^ *' would you teach a child he 
X)wes no gratitude"— 

*' .Gratitude is an unpardonable weaknefs In the bofom of 
a wife man,'* returned Mental-energy ; " wc hold it to be no 
part either of jufllce or of virtue ; and an enlarged mind will 
fcorn to narrow itfelf to the fenfe of any perfonal benefit 
^vhich an individual may have confep-ed." 

Good-intent "s^TiS K\\ more aftonillicd at this maxim, than he 
had been at any of thofe which had preceded it; and indig- 
nantly replied, " It would be lofi;ig time to dcmonftrate the 
abfurdity of your doctrineis, while the heart of every man, to 
whom nature hath not d^^nied the common feelings of hurnn- 
nity, muft rev.olt at tlie conieqncnc&s neccifarily deducible 
from them. Heaven grant to me, that I may never receive 
any benefit from the meaneft of my fellow creatures, without 
a due and thankful fenfe of the obligation under which it lays 
aic; while I conftantly cherifli, as the nobleft principle of my 
• ' condu(5l. 



I^ILGRIM GOOD-INt'ENT. 75 

^ondii^, that boiindlefs gratitude which I owe to him, of 
whom my life, and all the blelTmgs which endear it to me, 
Jlre the gifts, and from whofe future bour-ty his own graciotis" 
word enc)»nraq^cs me to hope for that more excellent recom- 
penfe of reward, which he has promlfed to all thofe wh6 
feithfully keep his flatutes unto the end.'^ 

. ^' And' does thy mercenary fpirit,'^ faid Menial-energy ^ *^ i*e- 
quire Cat . hope of vecompenfe as aA incentive to virtue ? 
Liarn, rather, from us, the more dignified fenlifnent, that 
virtue is its own reward ; and, inftead of travelling througfr 
defolate regions inf^arch of a country, w^hich, certain friends 
of ours can afford thee fufficieilt proof, exiles only in thy own 
imagination, be content to remain with us, the reprefenta- 
tives of Virtue upon earth. Our inftriKftioiis fliall gradually 
difengage thy foul from the hid"eous bonds of prejudice, and 
elevate it to thofe liberal principles, by which the heart is re- 
JBned, and the energy oF fhe mind increafed ; and, as a tender 
relaxation from feverer ftudies, behold our fifter, Senjflilityy 
v.'ho, from thy firft entrance, has regarded thee with the eyes 
©f affe^ion, and who pants to form with thee that fympathy 
of fouls, vvhich is pointed out by reafon and by nature as af- 
fording the' faircft profpcift' of human happinefs/' 

While Mental-energy was fpeaking thus, the countenance 
aad gcAurcs of *S*^7i/i/'i47.^', exprcficd her aeuuicfcencc in ibe^ 
propofah At firft, fte looked pafHonately at the pilgrim, 
and fighed, and wept, and fmiled ; and when her fifter had 
erid^d, and he flood aftonifhed, and hefitating what to reply, 
fte fuddenly fprang forwards and threw herfelf into his 
arms. 

Gtod'inUnt^ difpleafed and difgufled, fhook off her embrace 
as foon as he was able. " 1 pray you, madam,'' faid he, " re- 
colle<5t yourfelf a little : I had been told that you were the' 
wnfe of another man.'' 

" And if I am," faid fhe, " my conduft is not the lefs re- 
concileable to the ftri<fleft reditude. I experienced, in my 
former connexion, the abfurdity of expecting that the inclina- 
tions and wifhes of tv/o human beings Ihould concide through 
any long period of time ; but though my tyrant may imagine 
that the few vain ceremonies, w^hich paifed betv/een tts, have 
indiffolubly bound me to him for the whole of my -wretched 

life, 



76 THE PUOGRESff OF THE 

life, what natural right can he plead to fhacklc my free foul, 
or to condemn my perfon to that vlfionary (late of col3 celi- 
bacy which nature herfelf abhors ? If, therefore, 'my heart no 
longer acknowledges any fympathy with his, wherefore may 
it not be both prafticable and eligible for me to offer it tvO ano- 
ther, in whofe reciprocation of kindnefs it may find feme in- 
demnification for its former unmerited fufferings ?'' 

" Undoubtedly,'' faid Philanthropy^ *' our fifter is in the 
Tight. All things are lawful, when taken in their proper 
connexion ; and Nature his implanted no.defires, of which it 
is not our primary duty to feek the gratification. Since, 
therefore, happinefs is the ultimate end which thatunerruig 
guide impeh us to purfue, no friend to reafon, humanity, and 
toleration, can cenfure thofe who feek to attain that end, by 
the ufe of any means which may appear to themfelves the 
beft calculated to enfure their fuccefs." 

" There could exift no degree of atrocity," fiiid G cod-intent^ 
" of which the perpetration might not be juftl fied, if argu- 
ments like thefe could juftify it ; but happily, their futility i^ 
as evident, as their tendency is pernicious. Wherefore, away 
from me, ye wicked ! I will keep tlie commandments of my 
God!'' 

And fo^faying* he haften«d out of the houftj g'^ving no 
other heed to all their vain difcourfes ; neither had they pow- 
er to detain him againd his will, though they made him fair 
promifes, that, if he muft needs proceed upon his journey, 
thisy would ihow him a better road, and qondud him to a 
pleafanter valley than the valley oi Hum'dia^iony through which 
he meant to pafs. 

Now I faw in my dream, that,, as he went out of the houf^, 
he obferved it more particularly than he had been able to do 
at the late hour at which he had entered it the night before ; 
and behold ! th^ walls were not built of brick or ftone, or of 
any other fuch common and durable materials, but altoge- 
ther of books, piled in order one on another, without any ap- 
parent cement, fo that the whole edifice was ihaken by every 
blaft from heaven which blew againft it. When the pilgrim 
perceived this, he made the more hafte, left it Ihould prefent- 
ly fall, and crulli thofe who flood nigh in its ruins ; and paf- 
fing by the two beafts, which at night he bad taken for lions, 

he 



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MLGRAiM GOOD-K^JTENl*. 77 



he now {stvr they were only apes, which fat on the oppofite 
fides of the porch, and grinned and chattered at him as' he 
paffed along. 

So when lie had gotten out of their reach, he flopped to 
look about hinri ; and he perceived that he had not yet, as he 
had fuppofed, attained the higheft: fummit of the hill Difficult 
ty ; for a rocky afcent ftill remained for him to climb ; on 
the top of which hedefcried a houfe, built all of hewn ftone, 
and of the mofi: admirable architedlure ; but he obferved fuch 
a refemblanc^ between it and the other which ftood on the 
fardy- ground below it, that he immediately concluded it to 
hrrve been the m.odel, iit imitatron ^thereof that which he had 
juft quitted had been ere^^cd. 

Then he reafoned within Himfelf, faying, *^ I have furely 
been deceived ; the frail edifice which I have left behind mc, 
and which feems built but to lad for a day, can never be the 
houfe at which my anceftbrs were entertained fo long ago, 
aitd whidh in their time, it v/.as well-known, ha3 flood for 
ages. Tliis, rather, which X fee ab'ove me, muft be it ; and, 
doubtlefs,- on m}' arrival there, I lliall learn who thofe im- 
poflors are who have fought to miflead me." 

So he haflened to climb ^p the rock, fupporting his fteps 
tvith the trufty llafF whicli had been given to Iiim by Self-denU 
al; and as he again experienced it^ ufe, he congratulated 
himfelf on the cape with which he had prefervcd it ; remem- 
bering th it i^i"/?,///'////);, as fhe embraced him, had made feve- 
ral attempts to draw it out of his hand. When he had reach- 
ed- the top, he beheld the two lions ; but they were chained^ 
aTxd made n\T' effort to mioleft, him; as- he joyfully paiTed be- 
tween them, and rang the bell at the gate, "w^iich was pre- 
fently opened un^ohim by the ancient porter. Watchful. 

While -the pilgrim wasfpeaking with him, the three virgins, 
^ho were called Pieiy<^ Prudmcey and Chanty^ and who had 
never relinquiihed thofe venerable names, themfelves came 
forth from an inner chamber, and received their gueft with 
woids of kind^efs ;" and Piety faid unto hirn^ " Welcome, 
young rrian, welcome to our dwelling ! Thou haft neither been 
ib foolifh as to be deluded by the pretences of thofe "v^-ho falfe- 
ly call themfelves the Moral-virtues^ nor fo wicked as to de- 
light in the deeds which they vainly fan^lion. Thou art 
th*r^fore worthy to be admitted into the habitation of ;the 

G 2 Chrlfiian-virtuei s 



78 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Chrlftian-virtties ; with whom none d^vell biit fiich^a^ 60 
fmcerely believe and faithfully practife all the words which 
are written in the book of life, which; thou beareft in thy 
hand, and by which thou haft been taught to .efchew falfe* 
hood, and, to feek truth." 

If Then Good-intent bowed himfelf before the damfels, and re- 
joiced that he had at laft been fo fortunate as to fin^- them ; 
efpecially he v/as glad to behold Jher concerning whom her 
enemies had reported fuch calumnies ; even Piety j v»^ho was 
the, eldeft of the fifter^, and for whom the other two, who • 
leaned on her on eitlier fide, Teamed in e^ry look and gef-^ 
tare to exprefs their veneration and regard. Good-mknt hQ^ 
lield.with awe her faintly countenance \ wEile the fob^r, but 
not auftere, look* of Pt-ndence Qngagzd his cortfidence, and tUe 
benignant fmile and dove-like eye erf Chariiy filled his whole 
foul with p^ace, joy, and holy love. 

When they had led him into their gueft chamber, they 
queftioned him concerning his pilgrimage ; fo he told them 
all that had hither to. befallen him therein ; and when he havi 
ended the account of his lail adyent^^re, ** It is well for you,^' 
kcidPrudencCi " that you have fov/ell kariit from that book, 
%vhere alone true wifdom is to be found, to difr^gard fpccioiTS 
words, and to reject falfe principles, viewivig with ablioiTcnce 
t]>^ unrighteous deeds which fpring from them." 

" There are but too many,'^ faid Charity^ •* even among 
thofe who are the beft difpofed to love us, and to receive our- 
precepts within their hearts, who, mifled by tlie aits of the im- 
poftprs, who affume our charavflers cv^n while they afFed to 
defpife our names, have been filled by their pernicious ccutt- 
fels with all unrighteoufnefs \^ becoming haters »f God, de- 
fpiteful, proud, boarters, inventors of evil things, difobedient 
to parents, without underftanding, covenant-breakers^ with- 
out natural afFedion, implacable, unmerciful; and though 
out .of their own mouths they might be condemned, feeing 
that: the -words of peace are ever on their lips, yet, ' even as 
they did not likcto retain Goi> in their knowledge,' He-ha^ 
given < them over to a reprob ate- mind ;^ fo that thofe fame / 
tilings, for which they account others moft inexcufafcle,. they 
do.themfel-ves commit without renlorfe/' 

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MLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 75 

*• I pray you,'' faid GdoJ-int^nfy " \v\\b are thefe deceivers? 
and haw long have they .dwelt in thefe -parts V^ 

Z*^ They fpring/' faid Prudence^ "from- an evil race ; and 
you (Will not wonder at their eagernefs to feduce pilgrirns 
from the right road, when I tell you that they are the daugh- 
ters of Mr. Pkilcfophyj with whom yffn met in thefbn^ier part 
of your journey, to the great endangering of your fafety ^ and 
who, being hiinfelf occupied in confufmg the h'e.^ds of pil- 
grims, has fent fcn-th'thefe, a progeny worthy of fuch a fiv 
ther,. to feduce their hearts. When they firfl: came into thi.^ 
country^, they -offered ^themfelves to u«^, with great feemlng' 
humility,^ as our fervants-; and we, being ple'afed v/Ith their 
appearance and fair fpe£ches, Vv'ere contented tio receive them 
is fuch ; .and'for.a while, they behaved "themfelves to our Hl> 
ihg : but it yras not long befi^re they began tojaew them- 
felyes. in their prosper cblo^j vi. For my iiiler Charily y indeed; • 
tKey conftantly expreifed ' extraordinary refpecl-; praiiing hcf 
upon.all cceafions^ and even feeking to exalt, her, by diipara- 
ging 'all her 'neareft- kindred; yet even to her they paid no 
obedience; and frequently ihe fov^^.d that they had buiied 
themfelves in derneli/hing the works which flie had ordered^ 
tfiem. to. -affiil in- completing. ^ As for me, they came iitde in 
ray .vv'ay, being deflrous,- if it v/ere poffible, wholly to efcape 
my-obfervation ; but to my fifter P.y/jv they daily offered the 
mc^il- unprovoked and offenfve infults. I believe, indeed, 
that their plan Was to e5:cite.her to quit us, as they have 
fince .thought proper to affert flie has done ; fcr they even 
then had th^ . affurance to. raife calumnies againi^ her, and ' 
iifed their utm oft endeavours to excite fonie diffention be- 
twixt -her and Chdrtty ; but^fricndfllip fo indiffoluble as theirs 
vras proof, again ft all fuch v/iles ; and the attempt was even 
f or tupate ;' fince it unv,eiled the defigns of thefe imporcr^rs to 
the eye^-of Gharity^ who Would not otherwife have been fo foon 
induced to rctrad her favourable opinion of them ; and fhe ac- 
quiefced in my counfels, that they fhould be expelled from 
among: us. During the time that they had been with us, 
however, they had acquired a facility in-imitating our man- 
ners, and had learnt to repeat by rote niany of our fayings.; 
and thus qualified, they formed the fcheme to peri<)nate us,' 
that fa they might inveigle out of the right way fuch pil- 

■^ grims 



%^ THE PROGRESS Oi' THE 

grims as came v/ith the defign to take up their lodgmg with 
us. In this enterprise they were chiefly aflifted by him who 
accofted you in the charadier of their porter, and who is cA^ 
ltd Senitmefit. He was the archite<5t w^ho ereded their houfc, 
which, as you might obferve, is built m irnitation of ours-; 
though the difference of the materials prevents any great re- 
femblance between them Their edifice, indeed, being* fra- 
med of fuch perifhable ful3ftan€e, wx>uld not have ftood till 
now, wepe not its inhabitants continually employed in repair- 
ing its avails ^ fo that as. through time and ftrefs of weather^ 
cae row^ of bocks decays and moulders away, the place is im^ 
Ijflediately filled up with a dauhk quantity of new onesy ^zuhh 
*tuhie/j thy are continually fxipplkd from a manufatforyy which ^ under 
the direBlon of their father ^ Mr, Philofophy, tJxy have^ e/9abll/hed 
in the ttetghbcurho'jd. Since they have refided in this their new 
habitation, their ai'ts have beefi but too fuccefsful ; and q{^^- 
eially? they ^ lead captive many lilly women, laden with fms, 
and led away with divers lufts,' who, though they are ever 
imagining they learn, are yet nejv^er able to come to the know- 
ledge of the truth.* For, as Ivir. Fhthfophy^s houfe is chiefly 
frequented by men, fo is this of his daughters mcft "coilimon- 
ly vifited by women. Neverthelefs, at both* guefts cf either 
fex are equally welcome ;. and while the male pupils of thefe 
deceivers are taught, when their hands are embrued in mur- 
der, toaffojfl in their converfation the moft effemitiate ^xpref- 
fions of tendernefs and morbid ferifibility, their female difci- 
ples learn to eonfider as the difgrace of w^^manhood '\^hat 
has hitherto been its mioft invaluable privilege, ^ evei^ its mo- 
deily J and cafting oir, with that, * the ornament of a meek 
* and quiet fpirit,' wherewith,^ in the old time, the holy wo- 
men who trutied in Got^; adorned themfelves,' they think that 
they fuffi,ctentlyeJldhTifh their claim to equality 'Ti)':ih' men, *whik they 
rival even' the mofi reprobate among ^irhemy no hfs i^ ferocity thaq in 
vohptuoufnefs,^^ 

" I could not but ebferv?," faid- Good-iiifeni^ '* that th^- 
Janguage wliich w^is held to me ia the houfe which 1 have 
juft quitted, borea fcron?: r^ifemblance to that which I heard' 
mUr. PhUvfhphfs^Tihiizc,'' 

** The oftice which he chieiiyentrufts to thefe his daughters," 
refumed Prudence, *' is that cf reeoftdling to the moft atro- 
cious' 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. Mi 

clous deeds the minds of thofe who ftlU refped the name of 
f^triu^i by araufing them with empty and delufive founds ; — 
and as foon as any man has learnt, after thefr example, to 
call ^vil good, and good evil, he is then fufficiently prepared 
to join Mr. Phihfuphfs great anny,>)^ which ycu faw the firft 
frantic troop fet out from this palac^, and take the road 
which led to the mountain of F.evQluU\n, Had you, there- 
fore, hearkened to their enticements, they would have led you 
down into the valley, which lies between that mountain and 
the hill of D'iffioihy, which was the fame that they extolled 
to you, as fo far preferable to the valley of HuniUtatlon ; and 
there would you have found yourfclf furrounded by tl^e 
votaries of Athe\fm and Anarchy^ from whom you had lately 
3ed ; infomuch tliat, unable a fecond time ta efcape, you 
would have been borne along by the crowd, and even com- 
pelled to become fuch an one as themfelves. But our houfe 
ftands fo high, that, from my apartment, we have a view of 
all the country round ;' fo that you may, if you pleafe, look 
out and behold the prcgrefs of thefe enemies of your King." 
Then Good-intent gladly foUovyed her, and fhe led him to a 
window, from which hs had a full prcfped of the mountain 
of Re^oluttony with its precipitous {xd^s, and its frowning brow. 
And behold ! Mr. PlHhfdphfiXXQQ^s had now gained the 
iiimmit, and were exulting in their fuccefs with molU^ t^f 
triumph. The eyes of the pilgrim fought among thtir ranks 
for his old companions, but he could not difcern them all ; 
for Mx. IncotifideratZy finding tlie moiint?.'n ileeper than he 
liked, had not chofen to attempt the afcent ; b;it. not kno^v-" 
ing his w;ay back to the road he had quitted, He had loil 
himfelf, and perifhed miferably : Mr. Party-fplylt had follow- 
ed' his friends into a quagmire ;= where, though they had 
foon got out of it, he had fluck faft in the deep mud, and 
had found none who would give him any help : Mr. Cwr/^/;/)', 
venturing too near the. edge of a precipice, to take a visw of 
the valley below, -had fallen, over, and had been dafhedto 
pieces ; and. Mr. Mate-cotitroul h2.d been ilain by the hand of 
Mr. Hot-head, who was offended that he boafted of having as' 
good alight as himfelf to choofe in what path he would 
walk. Many others of thofe who had fet out with, them from 
^e palace of Mr. Philojbphyy lyAd^ki^kO perilhed-by diiFerent 

cafualties \ 



§2 THE PROGRESS OF rME 

cafulalties ; and at the head of all who ftill furvived, there 
now marched the men with the fierce countenances, who wore 
the daggers In their girdles. Then Good-intent inquired of 
Pruderies who thofe men were ; for from the firft he had felt a 
defire to know fomewhat more particularly about them. 

** Thofe/' faid ilie, \' are not, like the reft, thedifciples or 
the vaffals of Mr, Phllofopby, They are a band of Blood-men ; 
the countrymen of thofe who, in former times, compofed the 
chief ftrength of the iirmy o{ Dlaholus, in his war^ againft 
K'm^ Shadda}. Remembering the prowefs which they then 
^ difplayed in battle, Mr. Ph'dojophy has formed an alliance 
with their nation ; but they concern not themfelves, like the 
reft of thofe men v-hom 3^on law In his palace, with his 
opinions, neither are their minds perverted by his fophiftical 
arguments : to them it were uimeceflary to clothe evil in the 
garb of gnoilnefs ; for they love and defire evil for its own 
fake ; and it is becaufe they have drfco'^ered in Mr. PhUofo- 
fhy the irreconcileable" enemy of juftice and of holinefs, that 
they have fo readily joined his forces, ^\\6, are content to 
march under his banners. It is true that at firft, left their 
appearance on his fide ihoold too much countera<fl the art;> 
widi v^'hich he fought to liide Ivis purpofes from the world, 
they hid their faces, and fuife red others of .his followers to 
imagine themfelves the Icadciis of his army ; but now thac 
they have reached the fiimmit of thi? mountain, they no lon- 
ger think diftimulation neceffary, but openly avow them- 
felves, and terrify into fubjedtion even thofe, who, at the be- 
ginning, would have been the kaft difpofed to form any 
league of amiity with them. The name of him who marches 
at the head of this terrible band is yacollwfm^ and in h^m is 
vefted the fupreme command f thofe whom he has appointed 
to be his principal captains are Rapine, Perfidy^ Extortion, Op* 
frejjton, Trcafon, Sacrilege, and Murder, Henceforward, 
though, when it may fi#: their purpofes, they will continue 
to ufe the name of Mr. Phihfophy, you will perceive that they 
will fubmit to no controul ,even from his authority ; and that 
they will continue in alliance with him from no other m©tive^ 
than that all the mx»ft atrocious of their deeds may find in 
him a moft unwearied panegyrift and advocate. But the 
whole compiiiiy is no^' about defcend into the valley, wJhither 

your 



riLGR-.. ..-..>- [NTENT. Sj 

yowr late hofteues would have condufed you. It is called 
the valley o{ Equality. Obrervc»how jfteep and dangerous is 
the path which leads down to it from the mountain of Revolu- 
iion ; infomuch that thofe who attempt the defcent are obli- 
ged to throw away all the baggage ihey have hitherto carried 
with them, nay, even to lirip otF the beil part of their clothes, 
left, being laden with any v/eight or incumbrance, they fliouid 
^ the more liable to fall." 

Then Good-lnteni beheld all thofc " o Lad money or any 
.other kind ofprovifion for their futaie wants on their journey, 
-throw it from them ; fome were conurained to lay ailde their 
gorgeous robes ; Mr. Love-change caii: away his coronet, and 
ihc like did many others; nay, iom^ who ware crowns, 
though themfelves unwilling to refign them, could not pre- 
vent otlicrs of the company, in which they hp.d travelled fo far, 
from taking them off their peads, and throwing them down 
the precipice. Thuj> lightened, they all began to defcend ; — 
hxxx. Mr. Hothead, S^^i^K ^^^ haftih> fdon fell, and broke his 
neck ; many of the reij alfo, either flipped, or were pufhed 
jdo\Ma by others ; and I faw not that any of thoie who fell ev€r 
Tofe^up again. When they had reached the foot of the moun- 
tain, Mr. Lov^'changv was fuddenly fwallowed up in the fvvamp 
X)f Fa^e^acciifatlofh into which he was led by Pcrjidy, at the in- 
ftigation of i^rt/>///f- ; and 1 obferved that all who had worn 
coronets or coftly robes, met with a fate fimilar to his. As 
for Mr. Credulity^ and fome others who walked with him, a 
phantom, ciJ^Ued FrcUemlty, m.et them at the entrance of the 
valley, and, making a femblance to embrace them, ftified 
them in his arms. Of thoie who had; once httn the com- 
panions of Good-intent, Mr. Difconlent therefore now only fur- 
yived : he ftill followed Jacohhufm and his troop with a fuller 
pace ; and, as I afterwards learned, he continued to follow 
them through every different region into which they entered, 
even to the end of their appointed courfe ; nor, though they 
would often gladly have been rid of fuch an affociate, could 
they ever fmd means to perfuade hini to turn back, or to drive 
him from their company. 

The miferable end of fo many of the original followers of 
Mr. Plilofophy feemed to afford to the Blood-men a ca"ufe for re- 
joicing, Tl^ey employed themfelves with eagern^sf in gather- 

in|^ 



^4 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

ing up the precious things, which, having been caft away at 
the top of the mountain, had rolled down its fides into the 
valley; and while they were thus occupied, many quarrels 
arofe among them for the treafures they had found ; fo they 
ftrove with each other, and many who had coUeded the richeli 
fpoils, were flain by their fellows, envious of their good for- 
tune. But at laft their contentions ceafed for a time ; and 
tliey all went forwards together, and foon were out of fight. 

Then Good-inienty addrefllng himfelf again to Prudence^ " At 
leaft there is hope,'' faid he, "that the evils which have been 
brought upon the earth by this band of ruffians, will not be ©f 
long continuance ; for if they thus madly rufh on every dan- 
ger, and are befides fo ill difpofed towards each other, that on 
the flighted grounds they fhed the blood of their fellows, 
their force mull quickly perilh,and the very memorial of them 
be i wept away from the earth.'' 

" I am not furprifed," fiid Trudence^ "that you entertain 
fuch a hope ; but you do riot coufider tift continual reinforce- 
meutJi v/hich this army receives. Mr. Philojophy is ever at 
work in enticing unwary travellers to enlift under his ftandard ; 
the nation of the Blood-men is, moreover, very numerous ; and 
large companies are even now on their road, from all parts of 
it, to join their countrymen ; and befides all this, in every 
land through which the army pafles, they oblige the natives 
thereof to take up arms, and follow them : alluring fdme 
with the profpedl of fliaring in the plunder of their neigh*' 
hours ; and, by ftripes and ill ufage, compelling thofe who 
cannot be perfuaded, to forfake their homes, and afilft, how- 
ever unwillingly, in fpreading defolation over the whole 
habitable furface of the globe. When you reach the town 
-yf Vanity y you will again fall in with them ; but, in tlie mean 
v/hile, you fii2.Il for a, time take up your abode with us, as it 
has been the cuftom of your family to do, whenever any of 
them have pa/Ted this way. Our inftrudions fliall fortify 
your mind againft the deceits of future impoftors ; and, at 
your departure, we will arm you in the armour of light, 
v/herewith your anceftor Chriji'ian was cla<l, that fo you may 
. be enabled to withftand all fuch aflailants as ftiall hereafter 
feek to moleft you, during the remaining part of your piigrim- 

So 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 



^'5 



^0 1 law in my dream, that Good-intent was well pleafed 
111 the propofal, and that he continued many days at the 
lioiife of Beautiful ; v/here he became too well acquainted 
with the true chaiadler and excellency of the Chrijimn-wrtuts^ 
to be in any danger of again fuffering himfelf to be iiflpofed 
on by their counterfeits. 

Moreover, they took great pains in inftrufling him ; and 
Fiety taught him to love the Lord his Goo with all his heart, 
with all his foul, and with all his mind ; to purify himfelf 
<:ven as He is pure ; to do heartily whatfoever he did, as to 
the Lord, and not unto men ; not being conformed to this 
.world, but being transformed by tlie renewii;g of his mind, 
that he might prove what is that good, and acceptable and 
perfed will of God ; holding fail the myftery of the faith in 
a pure ccnfcience ; and defiring nothing in comparifon of the 
■glory that thall be revealed, when the Lord cometh with 
thoufands of his frJnts, to judge the world in righteoufnefs. 

When Ihe had thus trained him in the firft and great com- 
mandment <:ii the law. Charity taught hTm the fecond, which 
was like unto it; even that he Ihould love his neighbour aiJ 
jbimfelf. But f]ie exhorted him not to love in word, neither 
in tongue, after the manner of falfe pretenders to philanthro- 
,py, bi^.t in deed, and in truth ; not faying to the naked and 
the hungry, " Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled,^' 
,but giving them thofe things whereof they ftand in need* 
And while Ihe perfuaded him, as he had opportunity, to do 
good unto ail men, ihe taught him that thofe of the koufe- 
iold of faith were more particularly to be confidered as en- 
titled to his bene.Hcence \ feeing that it is fitting that the 
members of that body, whereof Christ is the head, ihouid 
■have care one for another- She charged him alio to learn 
tirll to Ihew kindnefs at home ; lince, if any provide not for 
iiTS own, and efpecially for thofe of his own houfe, he hath 
denied the faith, and is wcrfe than an infidel. Moreover, 
{hp taught him that he would exercife more true compaffion 
towards thole whofe reprobate minds receive not the know- 
ledge of the truth, by converting one fmner from the error of 
his ways, than by crying, " Peace ! peace 1/^ to all to whom 
there was no peace ; vainly driving with the ftrength of man 
to reverie the irj^vpcable judgments of God, which ftanr! 

' H fixed 



86 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

fixed as the great mountains for ever, and fhall manifeflly 
appear to all men, at th-e lail day, to have been founded in 
truth and righteoufnefs. And to every work of love ilie ex- 
horted her difciple, in the name of Hjm who gave even his 
life for us miferable finners, and who hath promifed tp reward 
the kindneifes w^hich have been fhewn unto the leaft of his 
brethren upon earth, as if they had been done unto himfelf. 

Now, that he might be the more readily difpofed to attend 
to the inftniclions of Piety and Charity^ Prudence taught him 
that the fear of the Lord is wifdom, and to depart from evil 
is underftanding ; th^at the precepts of the Lord are right, 
rejoicing the heart ; that the commandment of the Lord is 
pure, enlightening the eyes ; that thofe who keep his precepts 
have more underftanding than the ^nxrients, and enfure ta 
themfelves ^ glorious inheritance, eternal in the heavens. She 
exhorted him, therefore, that, avoiding all pppofitions of 
fcience, falfely fo called, with that worldly w^ifdom, which is 
earthly, fcnfual; devililh, where envying and ftrife is, with 
confuf^on and every evil w^ork, he fliould feek the wifdom that 
is from abpve ; which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, 
full of mercy and good fruits ; which cometh down from the 
Father of Lights, and therefore, like himfelf, hath no vari- 
ablenefs ; and which, if any man aik, in faith, of Gop, it Ihall 
be given him. 

Now 1 faw in my dream, that Good'tntent received with joy 
tbe w*ords of thefe three wife virgins, and was not albrgetful 
hearer of thofe dofirines of his Lo;<p, which they thus declar- 
ed unto him, but ftrove daily to become more zealoufiy a 
doer of the fame. So vvlien the time drew near that he 
Ihould proceed further .on his journey, they led him into the 
armoury of their King, whereof they are entrulled with the 
charge, and there they clad him in the anriour of proof, fuch 
as had been given to ChnJVimh his anceftor, and to all 
others of his family in fucceeding generations, who had ar- 
rived at that lioufe in the courfe of tb^ir pilgrimage. More- 
over, they f hewed him all tlieir records, and other rare and 
profitable things which it v/as their cuftom to ihew unto pil- 
grims^ ; and when they had done this, they had furth.er the 
kiiidnefs to walk forward \vidi him a little way on his jour- 
liCy ; ieil, while hjs miud w^as occupied with the exceeding 

great 



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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 87 



^reat value of his late acquirements, he fhould take the road 
which led to the tower of Spiritual-pride^ inllead of that which 
defcended into the Valley of HumUlationj through which lay 
the only way to the CelejUal-Clty, 

So I faw that, heing heedful to his 9itvis^ as they adnioniili- 
ed him to be, he went down the hill without making any flip, 
which might have given the foul ^cnd ApoUyon an advantage 
over him ; and as he Went along, in talk with his companions, 
they warned him to be continually careful left he iliould be 
again deceived by any of thofe who aifumed their name or 
likenefs, for the purpofe of leading pilgrims aftray. " For,'' 
faid they, " there are many other impoftors, befides thofe you 
have already feen, who have recourfe to that artifice^ and 
thereby miflead the moft zealous of our pupils." 

" I flatter myfelf,'^ faid Good-intent ^ " that I have now lived 
too long in your houfe, and have acquainted myfelf too per- 
fectly with your features, to be henceforward liable to any 
inipofitions of that nature." 

" Be not too confident," faid Prudence ; for, <^ if Satan him- 
felf be fdmetimes transformed into an angel of light, it is 
therefore no great thing if his minifters be alfo transformed 
as the minifters of righreoufnels." 

" But can you not give me fome certain rule," faid he, 
" whereby I may be enabled to detecl fuch deceivers 1 

*' There is no rule," faid Prudence^ " by which v/e may at 
all times be more certainly diftinguifhed froni thofe who 
would pafs for us, than by the harmony which conftantly and 
indilTolubly fobiifts between us. Each of us has feparately 
many counterfeits ; but, while we uiiiformly agree together 
in one mind, thofe counterfeits are ever at variance with each 
other. Thus, for example, my name and office are fome- 
times afTun^ed by Avarice^ and fometimes by Simulation; but 
A'uarice betrays herfelf by the hatred which llie cannot con- 
ceal againrt my fifter Charity, from whom fhe flies, as from a 
robber who would fpoil her of her goods ; while Simulation 
may be knov/n by her refufal to liften to the voice of Piety ^ 
who vainly attempts to recal her from the crooked paths in 
which iKe leads her followers to their deftruction." 

** You may alfo ^nd me perfonated in the world," faid 
Chanty i " by two no lefs dangerous deceivers. OJlentatlon 

and 



S8 l^E PROGRESS OF THE 

and Profufon both defire to be taken for me ; but Profujon 
openly cxprefTes her contempt of Prudence ; and OJlentaiion, 
defirous only to be feen by men, has no fellowfliip with 
Piety ^ who would teach her to approve herfelf to God.'' 

*' And in like manner," faid Piety ^ " is Hiy charader often 
nfurped by Hypocrlfy, who can imitate my voice, and the 
fafliion of my garments ; but urge her to prove by any a^ion- 
lier kindred with Charity ^ and ilie will ftand felf-deteded be- 
fore you ; v/hilft if you meet Fanaticlfm affuming my likenefs, 
and addrefs her in the name of Prudmce^ fhe will arrogantly 
profefs unto you that fte never knew her. Remember, there- 
fore, that v/e always are confiftent with ourf elves, with each 
other, and with the immutable law of our King ; and that, 
wherefoever you find inconfiftency, you have good reafon to 
conclude that no Chrifdan-vlrtue truly dwells." 

So, after fome more profitable difcourfe, I faw in my 
dream, that Prudence^ Piely^ and Charity^ thought it timq to 
return to their own dwelling ; fo they bade the pilgrim flire- 
well, and he went forv/ards on his way, through the midfl of 
the valley of Humiliation^ in which, as I judged from his coun- 
tenance, he took great dehght. And I obferved that it bore 
no referablance to the valley of Equality^ though it feemed to 
be on the fame level ; for the valley*of Equality was full of 
dilngerous pitfalls, v/as vifited by continual ftorms, and was 
flrewed with the bones of thofe who in former ages had - 
peri filed therein ; whereas this of Humiliation was fafe and 
pieafant^to all pilgrims, who knew riglitly how to defcend 
the hili which led to it ; and the Aveet airs of heaven did per- 
][>etually vifit it, and r^frefti, w^ith their kind influence, the 
fpirits of thofe who were paffing through it. 

Only I faw that when Good-intent had reached the lowefl 
part of it, he v/as fomewhat troubled, by fuddenly hearing on 
each fide voices, which pronounced his name, and derided 
his labours : fo he looked to fee who were the mockers, of 
whofe vain mirth he v/as thus the fubjed ; and behold 1 on 
the right hand, on a rifirg ground, which overlooked his 
path, he defcried fome of thofe who had followed the train 
of the Lady Fajhlon, and among them his former companion 
Llght-mtnd, with Laughter and Folly ; and on the left hand, on 
a fimiiar height; fome of Mr. Phllofophy^: troop, among 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 89 

whom he diflingiiillied his ancient enemy, Ridkuk by name : 
and thefe two parties^ though on other points they agreed 
not, yet, happening at the iame time, from their refpeiffeive 
paths, to obtain a iight of the pilgrim, and bing equally of- 
fended that he had refuted to quit his road for theirs, they 
vied with each other in thus laughing him to fcorn. For a 
few moments Good-intt^nt was vexed at their idle feoffs ; but 
foon recolleding that they might more juMy be the objed of 
his compariion, than he of their raillery, he walked on his 
\vay without regarding them, and was foon out of their fight. 

But by degrees his road became more gloomy, as he drew 
near to that horrible valley, the valley of the Shadozv of 
Dniih, When he firft defcried, though yet at adiftance, the 
fmoke of the pit, his heart funk vriihin him ; and when he 
became able to diilinguiili the groans and fearful cries of 
thofe who dwell therein, he trembled exceedingly, and was 
ready to turn back through fear; but remembering that he 
mull neccffarily pafs through that valley and Shadoiu of 
Deathy before he could hope to arrive at the Cdejltal CAty^ his 
courage revivedj and he felt himfelf able to encounter every 
terror, through Him who ilrengtheneth his fainting fervants. 

So he quickened \\\s, pace, and foon entering the valley, he 
proceeded along the narrow path, on the one fjde of which 
the ditch licih, and on the other the quagmire. And now I 
beheld tl;fat his Urength was brought very low, and that the 
dragons of the deep, exulcing in his weaknefs, rulhed forth 
upon him, and fought by violence to prevail againft him ; but 
he covered himfelf with the flieild of Faith, which had been 
giv^en unto him out of the armoury of his King, and did 
alio for a while make a manful ufe of his fword, the edge of 
which they duril not encounter. But in a ihort time, the 
noifome air which furrounded him, and of which it is the or- 
dinary nature to mingle icfelf wiih every latent poifon which 
lurks in the blood of thofe Xvho breathe k, had fo pernicious 
^1 effect on him, that it caufed the Uings oi thofe venomous 
creatures, which had faftened on him in the palace of Mr. 
Philofophy, to eniiame afreih ; and though he had fuppofed 
them long fince healed, yet he now felt th^m more painful 
than even at the moment when he had firft received them. 
A mil! foon fprcad itfelf before his eyes, fo that he could not 

H 2 difcern 



j9o the progress of the 

dlfcern the way before him ; and by degrees his arm {welled, 
and loft its ftrength ; infomuch that, unable to fupport the 
weight of his fhield, he could no longer cover himfelf with 
It, but was obliged to drag it behind him, as an ufelefs bur- 
den, upon the ground. The fiends, who before had retreat- 
ed, when they fpied their advantage, clofed with him ; and, 
while fome grafped his ihield, expecting to be able quickly to 
wrench it from him, others from behind, the more' to diilrad 
him, did whifper in his ear all the blafphernies which he had 
formerly heard uttered by Mr. Phtlofophy and his retainers. 

But while I was looking every moment for his overthrQV/, 
behold ! he fuddenly recoUeded how,^ when his forefather 
Chrtfttan had the fame enem.ies to contend withal, and had 
been even fo far reduced as to miftake their whifperings for 
the evil imaginations of his own heart, he had recourfe to 
another weapon called All-Prayer^ and had been delivered. 
Then Good-intent immediately availed himfelf of that exam- 
ple ; and a^ he cried with great fervency unto Him, to whom 
the prince of the power of the air, with all his hoft of evil 
ones, is fubjed, his adverfaries were compelled to give back ; 
and from a bright cloud which paifed over his head, a few 
drops of cryftal dew were fprinkled on him, which partaking 
of the nature of the waters of the well of Truths did forthwith 
repiove the intolerable anguilh of the ftings, and reftore to 
his arm its former llrength ; fo that he became able, as at 
the firft, to raife the fhicid of Faith. Secure beneath its am- 
p^ orb, he walked onwards rejoicing ; and even the fmoke 
and ftench of the pit had no longer pov/er to annoy him, 
l^ithcr did any of the dragons and hobgoblins thereof dare 
^ny more to approach him. And I faw that he went on 
with equal fafety through that other part of the valley, which 
is full of fnares and pitfalls ; remembering the counfels of 
Prudence^ who had initruded him that he who walketh up- 
rightly walketh fu^ely. 

;So at laft he came to the cave, in which the two giants 
Pagan and Popt had formerly dwelt, to the great moleiiation 
cf the pilgrims who travelled that way ; but when Ch/Jiian 
had paiied by, he had found Pagan dead, and Pope decrepid 
with age. Good-inlcHtj remembering this, had not expecled 
to find there any enemy, who fnould have power to offer 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 91 

Mm offence ; but behold ! he now defcried in the mouth of 
the cave a tliird giant, more horrible * than the former two, 
who was called Infidel ; and, juft as the pilgrim came up, 
this mifcreant had throwni a dart at the old and fteble Pope, 
who, unable to defend hinifelf againft his young and vigo- 
rous foe, had fallen down, to all appearance flain ; yet, as 
Good-Intent drew nearer, he could dircern that there were ftill 
in liim fome faint figns of life ; infomuch that it appeared . 
uncertain whether the wound were mortal. 

Infidel^ however, proud of bis eafy vicl:ory, turned to the 
remains of Pagan, whofe carcafs now, through length of time, 
was reduced altogether to a fkeleton, Nevertheiefs, the 
grim giant raifed it from the ground, and employed one na- 
med Allegory to caft around it an embroidered veli, that fo 
its ghaftlinefs and deformity might be concealed ; and this 
he did, with the intent to call that fiefhlefs and fpiritiefs bo- 
dy by the name of Mythological-^ i/doniy and to force all fuch 
as became his captives in battle to fall down and worfhip it. 
J^ow the embroidered veil had been woven by the pupils of 
Mr. Philofophy. 

The ground before the mouth cf the cave was already 

fireuTi with the dead bodies of the niIo:rims, whom this third 

.10' 

and moft cruel giant iad ilain, becaufe oi their adherence to 
t-he^way in which their fathers had walked; and when he 
faw Good-intent pafling by, he feized his darts, clipped in dead- 
ly paifon, and caft one of them at him ; but the youth fear- 
ed him not, becaufe he knew himfeif to be clad in armour 
of proof ; fo he covered himfeif with his fnield, and the dart 
i€^ harmlefs on the ground. 

Then hifidel raged, and fpake many words cf reproach and 
blafphemy ; and, iffuing forth from his cave, he ruilitd upon , 
the pilgrim, with his mace of Violence, exp€«5ling, aiinrediy, , 
to have flain him outright; betj beheld ! a fudden and. 
mighty whirlwind arofe, befijre the force of which the giant 
was fcarcely able to ftand ; and, while he reached forth his 
hands to catch at any thing which 'might fave him from fal- 
ling, his weapon, which he no longer firmly grafped, was 
caught by the temped, and blown away quite out of his fight. 
So he ftcod for a moment dilmayed ; and when his pride re- 
turned to him^ and he would have fought other weapons for 

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gt THE PROGRESS OF THE 

the afftalt, he perceived that the pilgrim had already pa/Ted 
too far on his way to be overtaken by him. Then he return- 
ed to his cavCj dh'lippointed of his prey ; and Good-mte?it pro- . 
ceeded on his journey, full of thankfulnefs for the fignal de- 
liverance which hud been afforded Iiim. 

So I beheld that he went on, till he came to a hill, from 
^vhich he had a view of the town of Vaiuiyy and pereeived 
that he drew very nigh unto it. Nov\^, w hile he ftood ftill 
for a moment, to look about him, he v.^as accofted by a very 
fair fpoken gentleman, who made him many proieilions of 
cxtrao^-dinary kindnefs. " And lince,'' faid the ftranger, 
^^ you, Sir, appear to be travelling, as well as myfelf, to the 
town whieh lies* yonder before us, we v/ill, if you pleafe^ 
walk forward together." 

'* I thank you for your offer, Sir/' faid Good-Intent ; " are 
you, I pray, a nalive of the town towards which we are 
going ?'' 

" You muft pardon me, Sir,'' returned his iiew Gompanion,. 
'* if I queitiou the propriety and the reafonablenefs of your 
inquiry. It ought to be enough for us to know that we are 
inhabitants of the fame planet ; for lince the divifions of em- 
pires, and the boundaries of proviiKies, aie arbitrarily impofed, 
and continually fubjecl to be changed by the ever- varying 
caprice of man, of what avail can it be to any individual to 
alk \xi what village, or even m what hemifphere, himfelf or 
his fellow firll chmiced to draw breath ? Are we not all equal- 
ly citizens of that great city the world V^ 

** You addrefs me, Sir,'* faid Good-intenty ^^ with the 
air of one v;'ho imagines he communicates an important 
difcovery, firil made by his own fuperior wifdom. Yet the 
very doubt which you exprefs of the reafonablenefs of m/ 
queilion, ailords me a fuffieient proof thjit you have never 
yourfelf confidtred how mu^h it may imply. Ey inquiring; 
of what country you were a native,. I meant not to aik for 
geographical definitions ; but 1 expe(fled to learn by your 
anAver whether you belonged to a civilized or 51 barbarous 
community ; whether 1 might hope to find your opinions, 
religious and political, agreeing with thofe m which I my- 
felf was educated ; and though, had 1 found you a native 
of realmii the moll remote from mine, I Ihould flill have 

felt 



PILGRIM GOOr>.INTENT. 9-r 

fek myfelf bcunden to you by that tie cf unh'^erfal lovcy 
which our great Mafter is willing fhould fubfift between ail 
his creatures ; yet I fliould with pleafiire have avowed a 
nearer connexion with you, had you decLired yourfclf a 
member of fome nation united with my ov»^n, by any obhga- 
lions of ancient amity, or any now^ e^vitHng league of mutual' 
advantage ; and had I dlfcovered in you a fellow country-- 
man, I Ihould ftill more gladly have greeted you, and fhould 
have rejoiced to have had for my companion, in this my 
pilgrim.age to the regions of eternity, cue who had a comm.on 
intereft with myfelf in every thing which in the prefent world 
I hold moft dear/' 

Then the ftranger,«- whofe nam^e was Mr. CofmopcTitany 
mocked at the words of Good-intent, and ufed many argu- 
ments to convince him of his folly in preferring his own 
country to the other regions of the w^orld ; feeing that it wag 
formed but of earth and water, as they were, and was inferior 
to many among them in pleafantnefs and fertility. 

*' Were it even lefspleafant and iefs fertile than you re- 
prefcnt it,'' fald GGod-inttni, ** I am willing to hope that my 
attachment to it vv^ould not be on that account the weaker. 
Wherefore do not all men covet alike to dwell in thcfe few 
and narrow difcricls of our w^rld, vvhere the ^.afons are moll 
temperate, and w^here the choiceft of the fruits of the earth 
rife fpontaneouxly to perfection ? And wherefore, from this 
caufe, does not unlverfal warfare continually fub/ift among 
us ? Wherefore, but becaufe Providence has gracioufly im- 
planted in the breaft of every individual, not corrupted by 
vain fophiftry, that attachment to the fo'I which gave hinx 
birth, w^hich renders him contented with the lot which ha?, 
fallen to him, aud induces him to ccnfider^ven the barren 
rock as a goodly heritage, if he can dv/ell thereon with thofe. 
of his own kindred, and of his father's houfe." 

** By what 1 perceive," faid Mr. Cofmopolkan, " you prefer 
die diredion of inftin<5t to that of reafoa. You will not, how- 
ever, I hope, be fo misjudging as to refufe^ for the fake of a 
few old fafhioned prejudices, to feek in the town of Vanity^ 
whither we are going, for the moil agreeable lodgings ; and 
in this queft you cannot do better than to tuVe me for your 
guide; for I have friends in every Rreet of the fair ; and 

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54 THE PROGRESS OF TfJE 

while I wander, without any illiberal preference, from oil^ 
to the other, 1 am furc to find myfelf equally welcome to 
all" 

" You make me fair promifes, Sir," fald Good- intent ; ^* but 
in truth I have already determined where I fliall lodge : even 
where my anceilors have been hofpitably entertained before 
me ; where 1 know that the laws of my Prince are more re- 
fpecled than in any other qu;irter of the town ; where his 
ftatutes are preferved in their greatetl purity ; and where the 
moft vif]ble marks of his flivour have for ages been beftowedv 
If ail places are as indifferent to you as you aflertthem to 
be, you will do better to accompany me to the lodging which 
I have chofen, than to wander idly about in fearch of ano- 
ther, without any preference to direct your choice." 

But to this Mr. CafmopoUtan made no reply ; fo, as they 
were now come to the entrance of the town, they parted ; 
and Good'ttitent went to Bntam-roiay where he was received 
and entertained by feme of the -defcendants of him with 
whom, in former ages, Chrlfllatuiy by the recommendation of 
her guidej Mr. G real-hearty had taken Up her abode. But as 
for Mr. Cfjfmopolitan^ he wandered about from one ftreet to 
another, not occupying himfelf with any bulinefs, and meet- 
ing with none who cared to hold any converfe with him ; till 
at laft the men of the fair, fufpe<5ling that he was come among 
them with fome mifchicvcus defign, had hun taken up, and 
would have fent him to prubn as a vagrant, had he not con- 
feiled that he belonged to French-row : fo thither they fent 
him, and there he was glad to remain. 

Now 1 favv' in my dream, that Good-intent found it to be 
the pleafare of his King that he fhould make fome ftay in 
this town of Vanity ; to the end that, through the continual 
opportunities which would here occur, to him of refilling evil, 
and overcoming the wicked one, he might perfed himfelf in 
that true righteoufnefs and holinefs, without which it was 
not poilible he Ihould be adm.itted into the prefence of his 
Lord. And here did he daily. experience the benefit of the 
leifons. which he had received from Mr. Jnterpreter, and from 
the damfeis of the houfe Beautiful ; for, as the governor of 
this town is the prince Beehebub^ the great enemy of Pilgrims,, 
fo arc thci-e continually afTembled here all things, great and 

fmall. 



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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ,^s 



fmall, which may prove temptations to feduce them out of 
the way wherchi they hitherto have walked, and finally to ^ 
diiappoint them of the heritage which they have travelled fo 
far in the hope to obtain. VN^hercfore, lliough Cood-hitejii 
would gladly have haftened forward towards the end of his 
journey, yet did he fubmit to his Lord's will, as it behoved 
Iiim, and only fought how he might employ himfelf, during 
his appointed time, in the manner moft fuitablc for one whofc 
profeifion was pilgrimage. 

Now the town was at that time in a notable confufion ; in« 
Xomuch that, the tumult which had prevailed in it, when 
Chrlfiian and Fatthfitl had paffed that way, was as nothing in 
comparifon with the pjrefent commotion. For the v hole ar- 
my fent forth by hlv, Phllofophy. and led on by Jacohhiifm^ its 
chief, had entered it from the mountain of Re'volution and the 
valley of Equality ; and though moft of the men of the fair 
had received, with open arms, thefe terrible invaders, yet had 
not their friendly dealing fecured them from the ruin and 
defolation Avhich were fpread by the Blood-men wherever they 
turned their courfe. The firil occafion they fo.' id of quar- 
rel with the townfmen was concernirig the falliion of their 
houfes, which they required them to pull down, and build up 
again on a new model ; taking for the lower wall the tiles 
which covered the roofs, and laying the heavieil of the pre- 
fent foundation-ftones on the top of all. Thofe who coni'cnt- 
ed to this propofal were- for the moft part buried in the ruins 
'which cnfued ; and thofe who declined it, hovv'tver civilly, 
were mafTacred without mercy. Neither did the Prince Bcd-^ 
%ehtib take any compaflion on the miferies- of his fubje<fts ; for 
he ^vell knew that the extenfion of his empire was the ulti- 
mate end of the labours of Mr. Philofophy ; with whofe at- 
tachm^ent to his interefts he h:\i long been acquainted, and 
whom he vras therefore well fatistied to appoint his vicegerent 
upon ear til. 

Now I faw that Jucohimfm, the general, had eftablifhcd his 
head quarters in the great and wide ftreet which vras called 
French-rotv, whither he had been particularly invited by cer- 
tain of the inhabuants, with whom he had been long in cor- 
refpondence ; and he had diftributed his troops in the lanes 
and alleys immediately adjoining. They next took jpoiTcihGn 

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^6 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

of Dutch-ro^w^ and, after that, of many of the other principal 
ilreets : fome of the townfmen yielding to them without op- 
pofition, by reafon of the terror which w?.5 fpread by their 
approach ; and others, who imagined tbemfelves fafe becaufe 
tliey dwelt at a greater diftance, omitting to take fuch reafon- 
able precautions as might probably have fecured them. 

Yet, aniidft all the ravages of the Blood-men^ the ufual 
trafiic of the fair was in no degree interrupted. The kind of 
rnerchandife indeed was changed, mod of the commodities 
which had formerly been in requeft there being totally deftroy- 
ed, together with the fliops in which they had been expofed 
for Me ; but new^ merchants arrived, who opened new Ihops, 
plentifully ftocked with wares cf another fafhion, for whicU 
tliey had quickly more cuitom than ever their predeceffors 
Had been able to obtain. Yet ftill there was nothing either 
.bought or fold in the town but Vanity y and, in my judgmen"?:, 
the new fhvpes into wtich it was manufactured were not \i 
-^^^hit better than the old. 

Of all who were attacked by the invaders, thofe only of 
the Rreet in which Gr^od-uUcnt had taken up his lodging made 
any effedual refiftance. As foon as they heard of their ap- 
proach, they erected barriers, and flationed guards to defend 
them ; arid when they found that French-rozu was become the 
chief ilrong hold of the enemy, they demolifhed a bridge, 
wiiich had formed the communication between that quarter 
of the town and their own, and fortified the banks of the 
•rivTr over which it had been thrown, fo ftrongly,that even the 
Biood'Uicn thcmfelvcs, though they continually threatened it, 
^durft not attempt the pa/fage. Moreover, many of the moil 
daring of the men of Britahi'ronv w-ould often adventure 
tKemfelv^s in boats acr^^fs the river, and attack the advanced 
guards of -the foe : and fo fui^cef^ful were they in this kind 
of warfare, tHat their name became terrible abroad, and their 
riches v/ere increafed by the fpoils of their enemies. 

Neverthelefs, I faw with furprife, that even in Britan-ro^jj 
there were fome who had privately entered into correfpon- 
dence with Mr, Phifofophy ; -who had accepted, as a gift, his 
magical gLiiTe^, and who waited only for a fit opportunity 
to betray iherr r ynn-v/.v r-ri^yacoNrr/m^ the captain of the 

' ' holl. 



^ TILGRni GOOD-INTENT. 57 

fcciL But I truft that the Cekjlial King, ^vhofe fuhjecJls all 
the better fort among them do waririly piofefs themfelves, 
and who has already offered them, on feveral occafions, moll 
gracious and feafonable affiftance, will continue to vouckfafc 
unto them his pretedion ; that fo they may be delivered out 
x)£ the dangers which thus clofe them in on every fide ; and 
that, afci-ibing their fafety not to their own ftrength, but to 
his favour, they may apply thcmfelves more heartily thau 
they ever •hnherto have dene to root out all miquity from 
, among tfiem, and to purify themfelv^s unto him as a peculiar 
.people, zealous of good works. 

While (?rw^/-/«/^?// contin lied with them, it appeared to him 
that he could in no better manner iignalize his zeal for his 
King, than by affilHng them to repel thofe who were at once 
his enemies and theirs. He accordingly bore arms among 
them in many delperate brittle s, in which he diiplayed no 
lefs ,valour.than his great-grandfather Matthenv had fliewn, 
r^hea he had fallied forth with Mr« Great-heart and the reft, 
^(5 attack the beaft, which, in their time, had committed fuch 
;havock in the town. And as, in thcfe encounters, it waj hii 
fortune to efcape all dangerous wounds, fo alfo did he av/)id 
falling into any of tJfc fnares which vv'ere laid for him by 
thofe more dangerous deceivers, who are every w-here, but 
more efpeciaily in this .place, lying in wait for pilgrims 5— 
infomucfci that he v/ould neither liften to the eiaiffaries fent 
forth hy }ilx. Fhtk/ophyy nor to the Ficesr'^^o walked in the 
train of • the Lady Frfiion^ nor to any of the impoftors, 
.againil whom he had been warned by the virgins Piety, Pru- 
dence and Charity ^ .neither couictiie be perfuaded to purchafe 
-any of the commodities of the place ; which no man can pof- 
iefs unlefs he confent \.^ do Jiomage for them unto Bed^ehiib^ 
the prince and mailer oi the fair. 

At laft tlie tir^e arrived, when it •;^as permittedf -him to fet 
ibrwards on 'his journey : fo, having taken leave of the iriends 
•with whom he bad fojonrned, he proceeded on his way, and 
:foon came to tlie hill Lucrcy wi^re one Sclf-intci'eji fat, in the 
j)lace of Dem^.u to terapt paffengers bo dig therein for forbid- 
iien treafure ; hMtGood-mtentj^-^xdiViO attention to his words, 
|-gl?ie2}:ibering the mijCerable fate of thofe who had perifhed in 
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:S^ T? IE PROGRESS OF THE 

the fliver njine, m tne days of Chrlftian; and^rpaflingon, lie 
next reached the pleafant ftream, the .waters of \Tbich 
, were fo refrefting to weary pilgrims : the^ ihade alfo of the fruit- 
ful trees, which, were, plan ted. o;i^its banks,, was very delightful 
;iinto,him:; and.hevWas very /orry, when he found ^himfelf 
.obliged to quit thof^ fields, an;i t.Q proceed along a very rug- 
ged road, until he. came tp tho itile which led inlo Bye-paiL 
ineadoy/. 

He, w^sxajTiefuI not to ti^irn afide to go oyer Jt j but, look- 
ing toy/ards,jP6;^^f^«^.ca,ftlei. which exp,e«S:ed to find in 
ruins, he was furprifed, and withal grieved, to iee it rebuilt, 
^nd garriionedby a 4:ompany of Mr. JPhilo/ophy's mtw^ who 
had feized it as a. citadel, whence they might th.e more con- 
veniently annoy the fhepherds of the Dtk^ahh Mountains ; 
whom they bated with peculiar malice, becaufe they wer^ 
.j:he cjiofen fervants of the Cekfaal King. . 

As GW-/W^«/ puffed along, a few ^Jarts were ,i}iot at him 
from the caftle.walls ; .but when they' that were within i<\;f{ 
that he received them on the fhield of i^^/Vi, they we're uware 
that.no power Vvas given .unto themao harm. him 5 fo he went 
on, without further moleftatipn, and foon after arrived at the 
.foot of the ptkBahle Mountains, But hei^as much,agl;iafi:, to 
perceive what fearful ra,\' ages the 2irmy of Jnfohini/rn had 
' made in the outfkirts of the "pleafant land ; and he oblirved 
that one of , the hills was.ftre.wed with the dead bodies of the 
Shepherds, who had been ufed there to pafture their flocks, 
^A^hile the fheep were fcattered as a prey to ravening, wolves. 

His! ro^d, however, leading him a different way, he foon 
, tame ta the green and cuiti*w?ted mcvmtain, on "\\iiich abode 
the four ihepherds, Kno'wkdgey Experience^ IVaichfuIy and Sincere ; 
who, flill dwelling in the fame peace ajid fecurity as in former 
times, received and greeted him kindly ; and, as it was late, 
he gladly accepted the lodging they offered him. In the 
.morning he told them all that had JiitJi^rto befr.llcn him on 
his journey, and inquired of them concerning the remainder 
of his way, in which they beft Inew how to diredl him. 

Then 1 faw in my dream, that, before, they would fuffer 
hirn to depart, they were defirous to llitw him fome of the 
rare things which were to be fccn in thofc mountains : fo they 

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?ILGRINf GOOD-INTENT. 99 

led' Kim to mount Cauiioti, mount ATar-velf mount Innocencey and 
fundry of the other places whither they had for mely conduct' 
ed Chrif^'ui.i and Chri/liana : after which, as, while they walk- 
ed, they had been talking of the enemies who now threatened ^ 
deftrudion to all the faithful fervants of the King, to whom 
thofe mountains belonged as his peculiar inheritance, the 
Ihepherds faid unto the pilgrim, " Though v/e know ourfelves ' 
to be, above all others, the objects of the fury of thofe mif- 
creants, yet do wc entertain no fear of their pre vswling againft 
us. We are, indeed, as you fee by our profelllon, peaceable 
men, unpractifed in the ufe of fuch= \yeapons as they wield 
againfl us ; but the King, who is our mailer and yoursi has 
creded for our defence a flrong tower, which is built on the 
higheft of our mountains, and commands all the country 
round ; and, as it is plentifully fupplied with ^ all manner of 
warlike (lores-, an^i garrifo-ned befides with the King's beft'^ 
troops, our enemies^ however they may boaft at a diftance, 
dare not fhew themfelves in battle array within arrow ihot of: 
its walls; and we therefore dwell in fecurity under its protec- 
tion : neither have we yet fuftained any injury frOm tlienl^ 
feve the lofs of a few of our hirelings ; who, difregarding our 
cautions, have ftrayed too far from the tower, and who fe 
.iheep, being, through their negl|p, at liberty to wander from 
their folds, have been miferably devoured by thofe grievous 
wolves, which, at unawares^, do frorn time to time creep ixi 
among us." 

" But who, then, were thofe fhepherds,'* faid Good'tntent^^ 
** v/hofe dwellings I beheld, as I came along, fo miferably 
deftroyed, while their own dead bodies, mingled w^ith the 
carcafles of their fhewp, lay ftrewed in h^aps on the 
ground ?'* 

^^ Thofe were men," faid Experience^ " who formerly were 
ouV comrades ; but who had long fmce cjnittcd the paftures 
in v/hich ourmafter commanded, them to {^td his fneep, and 
built for tliemfelves other folds, and other habitations, on the 
- hill of jSrrar. For a time, indeed, they ufurped authority 
over us '^ and we were weak enough to forfake our own dwel- 
lings at their bidding, and to fuffer them to lead aftray the 
flocks which were committed to our care, even as they had 

led 



too THE PKOaRESS OF 'IfeE 

led their own ; but one of our nimiber, who was called .. >. - 
matlon^ happening lo light on the ftatute book of our King, 
which had long been hidden under a heap of rubbifh, cam^j 
to the knowkdge of the fault we had incc^.fiderately comm: ^ 
ted, and brought us back, with as many as were wiiiing lo 
follow him, to thefe Deleilalh Mountainsy on v/hich our King 
himfelf load originally eftablifned us, and where we have ever 
fince dwelt in fafety under His mighty protedlion ;, whil^ 
thofe from whom we. feparated ourfelves have perifhed by the 
hands of the Blood-men^ in the miferable manner you have 
ieen. We have heartily pitied their misfortunes, and have 
afforded what affiftance we co"ald to the few, who,, efcaping 
the cruelty of our common' enemy, have reforted to us for 
ihelter 5 neither have we borne in mind the fnjurious treat •► 
2iient which we formerly experienced from them, nor reward- 
iti them as they in old time ferved us ; and we Iiope that, iii 
thus doing, we have fulfilled the commands, of our great 
Mafter, who has enjoined us to Hie w hofpitality to the ftran- 
ger, and to do good to thofe who i'iave defpitefuUy ufed. us 
^nd perfecuted us.'' , 

Then I fav/ that the fliepherds propofed to condu(5l Good^ 
intent to the tower of which they had fpcken \ and he gladly 
followed them thither. N#v it was called the tov^er of Re* 
'veakd-rdtigmi, and it flood on the mountain of Evidence, So, 
■when they brought him to the place, he exceedingly admired 
the flrength of i^s walls, and the wonderful manner oi its ar* 
chite;5ture. Then they made him obferve, that, though the 
foundations were fuch as- Could on no fide be fhaken, yet the 
whole fuperflrudure of the building was fupported by two 
rriighty pillars, each confifl:ing of one folid piece of adamants 
One of thefe, which fronted the country through which he 
had pafTed, was called the pillar of Hijiory ; and the other, 
which flood on the fide that looked towards the Celejltal C'ltyy 
was called the pillar of Prophecy, Each of thefe was curi» 
oufly engraven from the top to the bottom ; and the ftepherds 
having deiired the pilgrim to examine them attentively, he 
followed their diredlions, and thereby received much cdiiica- 
tioa. 

The 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. lot 



F 

IS The infcriptions on the pillar o£ Hi/lory wefe very legible ; 

* and Goo^-'mtent ic;id thereon the ilory of all thofe events which 
were recorded \\\ the book which he carried in his bofom, in 
various chaj*a<5tcrs, and in many different languages ; but all 
agreeing together in the fame purport. Nay, fome of thofe 
infcriptions, which fct out with queftioning or denying the au- 
tliority of that book, did hnilK by recounting, fuch facls as 
did the moit clearly eftablilli its authenticity; thereby con- 
firming what it appeared the intention of their writers to con- 
fute. As this feemed ftrange-to Good-Intent^ he afked the fhep- 
herds to explain it to him. 

" Our King has promifed us,*'' anfwerexl tlicy, " that, while 
heaven and earth- endure, this fortrefs ih all never be over- 
thrown* Yet do our enemies feed themfelves w-ith the imagi- 
' nation that they -fhall finally be able- to prevail againil: it ; and 
of late, mkily. of ^thofev/ho have beeii inftrucled in the fchool 
of Mr." PhiiofopJ?y.\\<\vQ com.e hither by iiight, wliile they have 
f(ippofcd We^lepty hoping to efpY fome weak place in the walk, 
or at lead to findmeans to deilroy the beauty and uniformity 
of the buiidlng.- 8onie'of 'thef<f have attempted to efface the 
itifcriptions on this pH jar, and to' '\vtitie on it, in their ftead, 
ftich ' odiers as Inould be moil to the difhonour of our 
King,'^n<f for the furtherance of their own wicked defigns ; 
but it is 'the pecaliaf nature of the adamant of which it is 
made, that the words of Truth ckn never be erafed from its 
furface, not* ihofe of /"(^.^^/^^jis^r/ permanently engraven thereon : ' 
w'heref6re,"ali fuch as have hitheftathus \\T:ought, have deri- 
ved no other fruit from their labours, than that of exhibiting, 
to all who rightly examine, the malice of their own hearts, 
and their irtability to refiife their teftimony to the very truths, 
the memorial of which they defire the mod earneftly to de- 
ftroy. Unconfcious, however, of the fecret power whi eh ha:s 
thus difai'pcinted their evil purpofes, they have departed, 
boafling as though -they had obtained foriie mighty advan- 
.tage ; butmoft of them, in their retreat, have been ftritck by 
darts, xiifcharged at them from the garrifon appointed to de- 
fend the tower, whereby they have been caft down, and huvs 
no more been able to iland." After - 



102 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

After this, the fliepherds led the pilgrim roimd to the pil- 
lar of Prophecy^ which they told him was confiderably the 
moft ancient of the two, though it- appeared ercded on the 
foundation of the other. When firft he cafl; his eye upon it^ 
he defpaired of being able to comprehend v/h at was engraven 
thereon ; for that pillar was not, like the former, inS:ribed 
%:ith legible characters, but was covered with ftrange hiero- 
glyphics, and the likenefFes of many things which belonged 
both to the heavens above, and ta the earth beneath. How- 
ever, when he had confidered it a whrle, he plainly perceived 
that many of thefe figures were reprefentations of the events 
which he had feen recorded on the pillar of Hijlory ; and^ 
continuing to examine them, with the affiftance of the fhep* 
herds, he foon underftood the teftimony which that pillar al- 
fo bore to the life and doctrines of Him to whom all the- 
prophets gave witnefs, from the foundation of the world. He 
alfo beheld there, vifibly depidlured, the great revolutions of 
fuch ftates and empires as had, from the earlieft ages, beeni 
employed, though they themfelves knew not of it, as inftru- 
ments in the hand of the Great King of all the univerfe for 
the accomplifhment of fuch things as he would have done oa 
earth. Yet could not Good-intent trace all the figures witb 
ivhich the pillar of Prophecy was adorned ; for» from above a'^ 
certain height, they were {o indiftind, and confufed one with, 
the other, that he could not with any certainty difc over what 
they were defigned to reprcfent ; and the top of the pillar it- 
felf was entirely veiled from his fight, by a cloud which reft^ 
cd on it, and on which he could not fteadily fix his eyes, by 
reafon of its brightnefs. 

So he inquired of the (hepherds why the upper part of the 
pillar fhould be covered with fuch figures as he found it im- 
poffible to decypher, and its fummit be altogetlier hidden 
froni his view, Vv'hen all that was engraven on the lower part 
■>vas become, through their affiftance, fo intelligible to him. 

" The reafon of it is, replied they, " that the images o^ 
things as yet not feen, which are thofe on the upper part of 
the pillar, are encrufted with a thick varnifh, which is 
purpofely laid over them, and with which even thofe which 
now appear moft plain to you were once overfpread j but, 

you 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. tof 

you may cbferve, though no man can at prefent difceni 
their full form and proportion, yet many of their ftronger* 
Imes may be clearly traced by the eye which fixedly regards 
them ; and more it is not intended that any fliall diftinguilh^ 
till the period vnicn or^e who is called Time^ by whom=tlV 
cruft has been already cleared iiway from the lower part of 
the pillar, fliall in like manner remove it from the Irlgher ;— »- 
and in this work we have reafon to believe that he is eveni^ 
now engaged ; for we have lately been able to difcover the 
true fliapes of many of the figures, which, within the memory 
of this generation, were no lefs indlftlnd than thofe beyond 
them ftili remain : even of fuch as reprefent to us the dif^refs 
cf nations, and perplexity, whic!b are new come upon the~ 
earth. As^r the cloud which rcils on the fummit of the 
pillar, that muft continue- to veil it until- the confummation* 
of all things ; when heaven and eartL fltall pafs away, and- 
death be fwallowed up in vi'flory. And whereas you can- 
not rtow ftedfaftly behold it, by reafon of its brightnefs, that 
is beca^ufe it is illuminated by the rays of the glory of the 
Celeftla! Ciiyy to which we are now exacflly oppofite. The 
mlfts, which continually afcend from the earth, prevent us 
from diftinguifhing it while we ftand fo low, except by the 
perfpeflive glafs of J^^'^t^ through which we ihev^ed it to 
ChrtJIlan^ and will now afford a view of it to you ; but at the 
height to whish that pillar afcends, the atmofphere is clear, 
and admits the paffi>ige of thole glorious beams, which > even 
reflected by the cloud, your mortal fight is too weak to fup- 
portV' 

Then Good-infettt eagerly allied for that perfpeftlve glafs, 
the virtue of which he hadlong fince heard ; fo they brought 
it to him ; and, teaching him to reft it on the bafe of the 
pillar of Prophecy^ that it might be kept the more fteady, they 
bade him look ; when, though the mifts of the earth did ftill 
much obfcure his view, he was able fo far to penetrate them 
as to difcern through the glafs, and darkly, the Heavenly 
City, with that innumerable company of faints and angels 
who dwell therein. Then did his heart burn within him 
through eagemefs to be there : while the fear, left he fhould 
not be accounted worthy to become a partaker of fo glorious 

an 



ic^.= THE PROGRESS OF TME 

an inheritance arifirig in -hisvmiild, he almoft fainted with life 
ftruggic, and his Ivind could no longer iupport- the glafs in 
the requiiite direcftion. 

But the- il\eph?rds fbppcrted him, and comforted him with 
the exarrXples of many, now- inhabitants of that blelTed^city, 
who, with the ilime fear and trembling which had fallen up- 
on himfelfj had finally v/orked out their own falvation ; their 
Weaknefshaving been made ilrcJng' through faith in Him 
-wdiofe jrorrtifes had been the rock of their inre confidence ;— 
and when, by fuch difcourfes, they had- revived the fpirits of 
Good-intent^ they exhorted hfm to 'bear -contmually in mind 
the heavenly things which tine/ had fhcwn unto him *, and, 
remembering 'idiat all earthly things ihould be diffolved, to 
confider what manner of perfon he ought to bl#f in all hcly 
converfation and. godlinefs, through the remainder- of the 
pilgrimage, to the end t)f which he was now faft approach-^- 
ing. Then, feeing that he v/as impatient to fct ferward, iiv ' 
fomuch that, in his eagdrnef>^ to reach the city of hrS King-y - 
he had even loft -all apprchenfionof thjtt d(?^p and "terrible 
river which he vv^as firfl to cvofsx, they fullered him to pro- 
ceed upon his joarney 5 conduibl^g him thcmfelves, by thi5 
beft paths, to the tnd 'of their teirvtof y:-'- 

Now, as they vv-ent along, their ears were ftddenly a^ule^J • 
by the Ihouts of w^ar ;' and G^6<:J-/«/rwfji looking on that fid^ 
on which he heard -the noife, obferved" a hill, which coiii-^ 
manded -one of the prhicipal pafTes of thofe mountains, on ' 
the top of Wiiich there Iteod ^ fmall fort, very ancitrnt ; and • 
this hill was befet around by the forces of all thofe who were 
enemies to the Kfng of that country-; in front it was at- ^ 
tacked by the ^ixmy o? Blood-men^ ledx)n4>y ^acohlm/mj thcrr 
chief captain, who brought battering ram^s and fcaling lad- 
ders to take it by ftorm ; 011' one fide a- troop. of the follow- 
ers oi'Fafblon aifailed it fi^m a greater diftance with miffile 
weapons ; and on the other, Mr,' Philofophy himfelf^ at the 
head of a company of pioneers, was at vv^ork on-a mine<, - 
where he hoped «to fap the foundation, and overthi*ow the 
Walls. Then G/></^-/Tif^/2/ inquired of the flicpherds what fort 
this was', and why fo many . foes did thus rancouroufly com- 
blue together agginft iu< 

«B€caufe,'V 



ilLGRfM POOD-INTENT. to^- 

** Becnuie/* replied Kmiuhd^e, " they are aware, that, 
<o\x\d they once ibrce that pafs, a confiderable tra(5^ of the 
beft part of our land would lie open to their ravages, and- 
our llicef^hearing no more the voice of the {]Kphcrd> \roi^ld- 
ftray from their folds into the wiidcrnefs. I'he hill on uhich^ 
this fort (lands is called mount SaHath ; and we have cer- 
tain evidence, that, amidft all the conviilfioBs of nature, it 
has continued unmoved, in its prelent foim, f^hce tlte crea- 
tion of the v/orld. Yet, though from the firft it was confe- 
crated ground, men had forgotton the refpe<5l which it be- 
hoved them to- pay to it, and had gricvoTiily defiled it by 
their continual trefpafies ; when, corA"fidei:ayy above three 
ihoufand years ago, tlie fort v/hich rou* now behold was^ 
eredted on itr being built with the fame ftone which was ufec^ 
in making the tables of the law ; and lince* tfmt time na 
enemies have been able to prevail againft it. Once, it is 
tiTie, a former governor of the fcrt prefuniptuoufly raifed 
other walls, with ft(mes hev/n out of the quan ref-pf Tradkionr 
nnd enclofcti a much wider fpace of ground, ensroaching ot^ 
the property of his neighbours ; but our Prince himfelf 
tlirew'- down thoiH walls, and placed in the fort another 
governor, whofe office it is to give reft imto the weary, to^ 
inftru6t the ignorant, to exhort the unftable, to affiil the de-' 
Totidtis of the pious, and to (hew mercy and kindnefs, not to^^ 
men only, but even to beafts. Though, therefore, our adver* 
faries cannot fhake the wails which our King has cftablifhed,. 
yet, whenever by their aflaults they interrupt the exercife ot 
thefe good works, they grkvouSy injure the werld, and on^ 

• their heads does the evil of their deiign unaliy recoil ; and 
fuch you will percer\^e to be, in fome meafure, the event of 
their prefent attem.pt, if you obferve a little longer. 

Then Good-intenrii^Qd his eyes upon ^Le affailants of the^ 
fort ; and he faw that tKe troops of jac^f i/m, not being al- 
lowed to take that reft of which their exhaufted ftrength had 
need, many among them fainted and expired through excefs 

'of wearineis ; and their general himfelf was obliged to re- 
tire, and feek repofe at the houfe of one Mr. DccaJe^ v/ho had 
flolen from the governor of the fort thofe refrofhments which, 
he offered for the entextaiumeut of his giieii,. Mr. Phihfa^ 



loo THE PROGRESS OF THE 

phy^^ chief pioneer, wliofe name was Expediency, not h^xn^l 
able to carry on his works without difturbing fonie beafts c£ 
burden, who were lying undext the walls of the fort to reft 
thcmfelves after fix days labour, an ox turned found, and 
^red hlra with his horn : fo he perifhied ; and the eartk 
Jailing m upon his companions, the mine could not, at that 
time, be continued any farther. And as for the votaries of 
Fajhion^ xht'vc dxvts were quickly exhauftad : fo' they, turned^ 
their backs at once upon the hill,- and upon the GeleJihPCtty-r 
ivhich lay beyond it, and haftened back- with- ^ niufic^ and- 
revelry to the town of Vav.Hy^ from' whence they came ; re- 
joicing in their idle mirth, that, if^they could 'not deftroy the 
fort, they at lead had no longer* a^ profpcdl of it ; and 
imagining tfaey had procured for'th^emfelves fomc excellent 
advantage, m renouncing all fhare in the benefits which the 
governor thereof perpetually/ extend sd to'tiiofe who were 
within his reach. 

The enentit^s on alF fides Heihg tKas difjJei-fed, GW-/W.V 
entered the fort, and; partook of fuch entertainment as is con- 
ftantly provided there at the appointed times for all faithful 
pilgrims ; andhavingft^id'there a day to refrefii" himfelf, he 
took a friendly leave of the governor, and of the fhepherds 
(who gave htm; at partirig tih^ir cuflomary cautions) and 4s- 
fcended into tlie plain v/Hich lies on the further fide (ff the 
Deli:&ahle Movnia'ins r where he had not walked far, before lie 
entered. the is^t/wi/^^ Graujid'; in the which if a man fleep, 
he ne V cr wakes agai n . ^ 

The thick aroi' foggy air of that' place having continually 
the quaRty of e:^*citing drowfincfs, Good-irUent foon began to 
feel its influence ; but he rem.embered that the (hephei^ds had 
exprcfsly forbidden him to fleep upon that ground ; and 
therefore, thougli'be faw the arbours and benches, which the 
enemy .of pilgrinVs has ere<5lcd there on every fide to entice 
them to lie down and repofe them.felves, he would by no 
ineans yield to the temptation, but went on, though fome- 
wl rat with a^ heavier "pace ; and as he walked, he ftrove to 
fix his thoughts upon the glorious view which he had be- 
held through the glafs of the Ihepherds \ the recolledion of 
which.foon enlivened his dull'fpirits, and filled" him witli an 
ardour, v/liicU. neither the mifts, the darknefs, nor the miry 

pathsi 



3PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. J07 

•'patiis, though which he pafTed, had any larger power t© 
.quench or abate ; and he had now reached the middle of the 
Enchanted Ground, when the obfcurity of tlie air was fuddenly 
broken by a beam of livid light, which call a glare on every 
objed, yet feemed moi*e difmal to the eyes of Good-intent tha« 
eyen darknefs itfelf. , 

He now per<:eived immediately before him a vaft and 
'gloomy edifice, adorned on all fides with fepulchral emblems, 
with fkulls, and bones, and implements of death ; a cadave- 
rous flench proceeded from it, as from a eharnel vault ; and 
earth-worms wreathed themfelves around the ccilumns of the 
portico. Over the door, in charaders of flame (whence 
proceeded the Kght which had attracted the pilgrim's eyes) 
was wrijiten, ** Eternal Sleep ;" but on an inner portal he 
defcried the darker infcription, ^'' j^nnih'datlon.^* 

Gocd'hitmt ftartcd back with horror, fuch as he had never ^ 
felt before, except in t\.^ black temple oi jiiheifm ; and while 
he yet flood tr^embling and appalled, a company of men ap- 
jpi'oached, having crolFed over from another part of the En- 
chanted Ground ; and when they came near, he perceived that 
they were of the number of Mr. PhUofophy^s difciples. Now 
they had for their guide one whom they had been taught to 
addrefs by the appellation o{ Hope ; but when Good-intent be- 
held his ghaftly vifage, he knew him to be the demon Defpalr. 
if?Lt their approach, the gates of die ediiicewere fuddenly 
thrown op^ by the grim porter. Death; and feme of the 
troop entered, with pale countenances and trembling knees ; 
the gates fpontaneouily clofed behind tliem ; and'to the rell, 
admifBon Avould at that time have been refufed ; but Self- 
murder ileppcd forward, and, with a mafler-key, unlocked a 
poftem-door ; they ruihed madly m, boafting, with loud 
though unileady clamours, the unconquerable boldnefs of 
their daring minds } but xhefe exulting cries were, even in 
the threihoid, converted into .the.lhrieks of terror, and the 
groans, of anguilh ; which, . however, as the 'men advanced 
farther down tha daikfome and irrem.eable defcent wliich lay 
ibefore them, died away, gnd were fucceeded by a fi lence, as 
X)f the grave ; iolemn, profound, and drear. 

Defpair tten turned to Good-intent, and invited him te enLer 
^alfo. *\ Until this enlightened age,"' faid he, ** the minds of 

ignorai|t 



% 



wmm 
THE PROGRESS OF THE 



Ignorant and fooIifK men were diilnTbed, d^dring the whole 
vi their paiiage through this world, by the thoughts of that 
fatal river which was to terminate their courfe, and over 

which, as it is -well known, nvs bridge, could ever be built . 

Wherefore Mr. P^i/tyc^^j?, compaffioiating their mifery, has 
cngag^^d the mighty power of J/helfm to ere6l this vail dor- 
mitory : in -which all who put their truft in him are free t® 
fcek a refuge from the .tyranny of SuperftUlon, and will fleep 
Xecure from all the terrors of eternity. 

But Good-intern ftaid not to hear him iiirther or to reply r 
the afpecl of the pliantom who addrelfed hiin had frozen the 
.current of his blood , but at the name o£ Aihtifm^ horror it- 
felf roufed him from the torpor which had feii^ed him ; and^ 
ilying from the difmal maniioa.of tliofe whofe jhope as wcH 
as their end -Is dcftrudion, he had no fooner pafled beyond 
the ihade which that building call around it, than be began 
to dcfcry, at ,a diftance, a giunmcring of the light of the 
*Cel(>jllal City ,• and at the fame time he heard a voice which 
proclaimed, ** Verily there is a reward for the righteous ;-^ 
jdoubtlefs there is a God thatju-cgeth the earth, '^ 

Infpired with redoubled coiihdence, tlie pilgrim haftened 
forward \ and the glorious light on rvvhich his eyes were now 
iixed grew brighter, till the perfed day :iluned on him, as he 
entered mlo the land of Btvlah : that land unto which no 
.enemy dares advance ; where the ihining inhabitants of the 
Ccljluil City do xx)ntinually ws^lk, .comfoi'tiiig and refrefning 
toe fplrits.of fuch as, having finifted their .courfe with joy, are 
ready to enter into this falvation of their X'Ord ; and where 
even the perpetuid expedation of being called upon to crofs 
the river of bitter waters, cannot' difturb the felicity of thofe 
who hope, through the iflcrcy of their Prince, to be admitted 
into thai better and heavenly country, which Jies. beyond it. 

Nov/ I faw in my dream, that Good-Intent had not ftaid 
here many days, before a meflenger arrived, whoAvas com- 
manded to fummon him to a'fpear in die prefence of his 
King. When he received tlie fummons, he rejoiced, tlrough 
with trembling ; arid one named R.efi^natwn condufbed him 
jto the brink .of the river, into which he entered ; wlien, 
neither did he find the bitternefs of the water unpalatable to 
.fcur), iiQt did he greatly fear,, though 4ie waves -thereof did 



TILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 109 

rage and fwell, and the floods did enter into his foul ; for 
Faiih fiipported him even in the deeped part, and guide^ 
him through the midft in fafety : but when he reached the 
oppofite fhore, Faith difappeared, and Certainty received him. 

And now, his mortal garments having fallen off in the 
river, he was clothed with immortality, and appeared as one 
of the fhining ones ; a band of whom came to meet him, and~ 
to bid him welcome to their abode. .And they faid unto 
him, " Thou hail done well in the fight of thy Lord, in that 
thou haft preferred his word to all the falfe and pernicious 
dodlrines of the wifdom of the world thou haft quitted ; in 
that thou haft rejected the pleafures of fm, which endure but 
for a feafon, looking in fmcerity unto the Author and Finifh- 
er of thy faith, for the fulfilment of thofe promifes of whick 
thou art now becom_e a partaker. Therefore the everlafting 
gates ape open to thee, and we are fent to condu(5^ thee into 
the prefence of the King who fitteth upon the throne forever 
and ever, by w^hom thou art accepted through the merits of 
Him, who, by the facriiice of himfelf once offered, hath pur» 
chafed univcrfal redemption for his faithful people. But, 
before thou ftialt have quite loft fight of the fhore which thoa 
haft left behind thee, it is permitted thee once to look back, 
and to behold what fh all be the end of thofe, who, difclaim- 
ing the glorious inheritance of the children of God, have 
rather chofen to fay to corruption, ^ Thou art my father/ r 
and to the worm, * Thou art rny mother and my fifter :* 
\'ainly trufting in their reprobate minds that they fhall eicape 
the wrath to come." 

Upon this, Good-Intent looked back ; having, from the high 
bank on which he ftood, a view of the Enchanted ground-; and 
he heard a great and terrible found, as it were of a trum- 
pet ; and immediately the rocks were rent, and the founda- 
!l^ tions of the earth v/ere difclofed. Then the dormitory which 
' '*- Philofophy and Atheifm had erected was overthrown, and thofe 
who had flept therein were gtwakened ; and, rufHing forth 
from amid the ruins with lamentable cries, tliey beheld him 
whom they had pierced, doming in the clouds of heaven, as 
an avenging judge, with power and great glory : a flaming 
fire devoured before him, and the terrors of the Almighty 
ihone round about him. Then did they begin to call upon 

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the mountains to fall on them, and on the hills to covet 
them j but, io ! a thick daiknefs^rofe between them and tlie 
pilgrim, and he faw them no more fcr ever. 

I'hen he turned to alcend the nountain upon which the 
Celefiial City was built ; his new a^rheiial frame glownig with 
a tranfport, which his earthly bed) wc uld have been tco weak 
to iufport. Eutihe light new lirtaUied en him with a fplen* 
dour lo dazzlirg, that I was no longer able to fix my eyes 
uj.on him: lo, as 1 turned to flieker my fiail mortal fenfe 
frcm the effulgence therecf,, i awoke— and, behold 1 it was ^ 
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